Investigation of loading rate and plate thickness effects on dynamic fracture toughness of PMMA

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 805-811

  Wada, H ^a   Seika, M ^a   Kennedy, T C ^b   Calder, C A ^b   Murase, K ^c  

^a DAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; LOAD TESTING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

DYNAMIC FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT LOADING; LOADING RATE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0030212619     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00244-8     Document Type: Article

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