On the essential work of fracture of neat and rubber toughened polyamide-66

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2486-2502

  Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a   Ricco, Theonis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture; Polyamide 66; Rubber toughening; Strain rate effects

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; MOISTURE; POLYAMIDES; STRAIN RATE;

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; RUBBER-TOUGHENING; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; MOISTURE; POLYAMIDES; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 33747183040     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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