Deformability and tensile strength of expanded polystyrene under short-term loading

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 886-895

  Gnip, I Y ^a   Vejelis, S ^a   Kersulis, V ^a   Vaitkus, S ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Expanded polystyrene (EPS); Experimental design; Maximum strain; Modulus of elasticity; Tension; Ultimate tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FORMABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS); ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 34948898607     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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