On the relevance of a notch creep test for the comprehension and prediction of slow crack growth in PVDF

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 937-948

  Girard, D ^a,b   Castagnet, S ^a   Gacougnolle, J L ^a   Hoschstetter, G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Crack opening displacement; Pipes; Polyvinylidene fluoride; Process zone; Slow crack growth

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP RESISTANCE; CREEP TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; VINYL RESINS;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SLOW CRACK GROWTH; STRESS SENSITIVITY;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34648814206     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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