A numerical study of cavitation and yield in amorphous polymer-rubber blends

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-261

  Steenbrink, A C ^a   Van der Giessen, E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CAVITATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; RUBBER; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE;

NON GAUSSIAN RUBBER ELASTICITY MODEL;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031186839     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2812253     Document Type: Article

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