Experimental study of dynamic fracture behavior of PMMA with overlapping offset-parallel cracks

Polymer Testing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 663-670

  Yao, X F ^a   Xu, W ^a   Xu, M Q ^a   Arakawa, K ^b   Mada, T ^b   Takahashi, K ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caustic method; Dynamic crack propagation; High speed photography; Overlapping offset parallel cracks; PMMA material

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

OFFSET-PARALLEL CRACKS;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 0037883681     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(02)00173-3     Document Type: Article

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