The effect of specimen thickness and stress ratio on the fatigue behavior of polycarbonate

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1300-1305

  Pruitt, L ^a   Rondinone, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CRACK SATURATION LENGTH; CYCLIC RESIDUAL STRESSES; FATIGUE FRACTURE RESPONSE; SPECIMEN THICKNESS EFFECT;

POLYCARBONATES;

EID: 0030141564     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10524     Document Type: Article

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