Shear and compressive impact of polypropylene bead foam

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-174

  Mills, N J ^a   Gilchrist, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDENING; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

POLYPROPYLENE BEAD FOAMS; SHEAR HARDENING; SHEAR TESTS;

RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032669068     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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