Structure and crack growth in gas pipes of medium-density and high-density polyethylene

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2069-2076

  Trankner T ^a,b   Hedenqvist, M ^a   Gedde, U W ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STUDSVIK NUCLEAR AB   (Sweden)

^c ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDIUM DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TESTING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD; NOTCHED UNIAXIAL TESTING; POLYETHYLENE PIPE; SLOW CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; UNIAXIAL CONSTANT LOADING; UNIVERSAL SHIFT FUNCTIONS; UNNOTCHED PRESSURE TESTING;

PLASTIC PIPE;

EID: 0030214328     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10602     Document Type: Article

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