Modified essential work of fracture model for polymer fracture

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3172-3178

  Duan, Kai ^a   Hu, Xiaozhi ^a   Stachowiak, Gwidon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture; Ligament dependence; Polymer; Specific fracture energy

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ENERGY; LIGAMENT DEPENDENCE; LIGAMENT LENGTH;

FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

POLYMERS;

FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYMER;

EID: 33749511246     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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