The essential fracture work concept for toughness measurement of ductile polymers

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2275-2288

  Wu, Jingshen ^a,b   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK RESISTANCE; DUCTILE POLYMER FILMS; GEOMETRY EFFECTS; J INTEGRAL METHOD; PLANE STRESS/PLANE STRAIN TRANSITION;

DUCTILITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER BLENDS; THIN FILMS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0030230795     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10626     Document Type: Article

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