Slow crack propagation in polyethylene under fatigue at controlled stress intensity

Polymer

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1375-1382

  Favier, V ^a   Giroud, T ^a   Strijko, E ^a   Hiver, J M ^a   G'Sell, C ^a   Hellinckx, S ^b   Goldberg, A ^c  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^b Research and Technology Center   (Belgium)

^c SOLVAY S A   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Polyethylene; Video control

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CIRCUMFERENTIALLY NOTCHED BARS (CNB);

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; FIBER; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS; STRETCHING; VELOCITY;

CRACKING; FATIGUE; KINETICS; POLYETHYLENE; STRESS; TESTING;

EID: 0035842452     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00701-7     Document Type: Article

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