A numerical study of crack-tip plasticity in glassy polymers

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-197

  Lai, J ^a   Van Der Giessen, E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crack; Crack tip opening displacement; Crazing; Plastic zone; Polymer; Shear band; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRAZING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN HARDENING; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT; PLASTIC ZONE;

POLYMERIC GLASS;

EID: 0031124675     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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