Craze growth mechanics

Polymer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1119-1129

  Marissen, R ^a,b  

^a DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Craze growth rate; Paris low; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CRACK FLANKS; CRACKS BRIDGED; CRAZE GROWTH MECHANICS; FIBRIL STRESSES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOGARITHMIC CRAZE GROWTH EQUATION; PARIS EQUATION;

CRAZING;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0034142649     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00234-7     Document Type: Article

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