The application of fracture mechanics to materials selection

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2270-2274

  Huang, Donald D ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMERS;

CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE CURVE; ELASTIC PLASTIC POLYMERS; FRACTURE PREVENTION; LINEAR ELASTIC POLYMERS; MATERIALS SELECTION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030230246     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10625     Document Type: Article

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