Experimental verification of the end-effect Weibull model as a predictor of the tensile strength of Kevlar-29 (poly p-phenyleneterephthalamide) fibres at different gauge lengths

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Newell, James A ^a   Sagendorf, Matthew T ^b  

^a Rowan University   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CRYSTALLINE MISALIGNMENTS; END EFFECT WEIBULL MODEL; MICROSCOPIC FLAW; POLYPHENYLENETEREPHTHALAMIDE FIBERS; TENSILE FAILURE;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 0033189989     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-0083/11/3/305     Document Type: Article

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