On the measurement of true fracture strain of thermoplastics materials

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-295

  Xiao, Xinran ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Necking; Strain measurement; Strain rates; Tensile testing; Thermoplastics; True fracture strain

Indexed keywords

DILATOMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING;

STRAIN LOCALIZATION; TRUE FRACTURE STRAIN;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 41749123934     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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