Determination of critical tearing energy of tyre rubber

Strain

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Gdoutos, E E ^a   Schubel, P M ^a   Daniel, I M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained tension (shear) specimen; Crack growth rate; Tearing energy; Trousers specimen; Tyre rubber

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED TENSION SPECIMEN; CRACK GROWTH RATE; CRITICAL TEARING ENERGY; TROUSERS SPECIMEN;

CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING; TIRES;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 4344713142     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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