Fracture toughness testing of polymers using small compact specimens and normalization

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-132

  Landes, John D ^a   Bhambri, Sushil K ^b   Lee, Kang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Zimmer Corporate   (United States)

^c T H Hill Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; J R curves; Loading rate; Normalization; Polymer materials; Precracking

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; METAL TESTING; METALS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

NORMALIZATION;

POLYMERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

CRACK EXTENSION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; INITIAL DEFECTS; J IC; J-R CURVE; LOADING RATE; METALLIC MATERIAL; NORMALISATION; POLYMER MATERIALS; PRE-CRACKING;

EID: 0037349297     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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