Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: III. Effect of load history on cohesive force distribution on the craze

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 187-207

  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; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COHESIVE FORCES; NONSTEADY CRACKS;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 0006929878     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2854-6_10     Document Type: Article

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