Thickness dependence of work of fracture parameters of an amorphous copolyester

Polymer

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4587-4593

  Karger Kocsis, József ^a   Czigány, Tibor ^b   Moskala, Eric J ^c  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous copolyester; Essential work; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COPOLYMERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF) THEORY;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0031238385     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(96)01061-0     Document Type: Article

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