Model study of brittle fracture of polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3439-3442

  Persson, B N J ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ATOMIC BONDS; DISCONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR CHAINS; POLYMER CHAINS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032547595     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3439     Document Type: Article

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