On the importance of thermo-elastic cooling in the fracture of glassy polymers at high rates

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 3449-3465

  Estevez, Rafael ^a   Basu, Sumit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone; Crazing; Polymer fracture; Shear yielding; Thermal effects in solids

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRAZING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

COHESIVE ZONE; POLYMER FRACTURE; SHEAR YIELDING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 41649118387     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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