Semicrystalline polymers deformation and fracture behaviour under quasistatic strain rates and triaxial states of stress

Strength, Fracture and Complexity

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Mourad, A H I ^a   Elsayed, H F ^b   Barton, D C ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Faculty of Engineering at Helwan University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Fracture model; Low strain rates; Stress triaxiality factor; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE MODEL; LOW STRAIN RATES; STRESS TRIAXIALITY FACTOR; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 21144443832     PISSN: 15672069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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