A fracture mechanics approach to environmental stress cracking in poly(ethyleneterephthalate)

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 675-680

  Moskala, Eric J ^a  

^a EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crazing; Static fatigue; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CAUSTIC SODA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRAZING; CREEP; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0031999144     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)00312-1     Document Type: Article

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