Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: I. Experimental preliminaries

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 145-159

  Pulos, Guillermo C ^a,b   Knauss, Wolfgang G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evolution of cohesive forces; Polymer fatigue; Polymer fracture; Time dependent crack growth

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRAZING; CYCLIC LOADS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COHESIVE FORCES; NONSTEADY CRACKS;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 0001066859     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2854-6_8     Document Type: Article

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