Fatigue and fracture in polyacetal resins

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1207-1216

  Lazzeri, A ^a   Marchetti, A ^a   Levita, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack propagation; Fracture toughness; Molar mass degradation; Polyacetal resins; Polyoxymethylene (POM)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; YIELD STRESS;

MOLAR MASS DEGRADATION; POLYOXYMETHYLENE;

ACETAL RESINS;

EID: 0030703447     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb00324.x     Document Type: Article

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