Quantitative evaluation of fracture, healing and re-healing of a reversibly cross-linked polymer

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5684-5696

  Plaisted, Thomas A ^a   Nemat Nasser, Sia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Healable polymers; Repeated fracture healing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLOADDITION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMOPLASTICS;

HEALABLE POLYMERS; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURE RESISTANCE; REPEATED FRACTURE HEALING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 34548678402     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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