Determination of craze initiation stress in very small polymer specimens

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-145

  De Focatiis, Davide S A ^a   Buckley, C Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craze initiation; Creep; ESC; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; GLASS; POLYDISPERSITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CHAIN SCISSION CRAZING; CRAZE INITIATION STRESS; DISENTANGLEMENT CRAZING; GLASSY POLYMERS; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENES;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 40149098987     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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