Experimental and theoretical investigation of stress corrosion crack (SCC) growth of polyethylene pipes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 859-867

  Choi, Byoung Ho ^a   Chudnovsky, Alexander ^b   Paradkar, Rajesh ^c   Michie, William ^c   Zhou, Zhenwen ^b   Cham, Pak Meng ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack layer theory; Crack propagation; Fracture initiation; FTIR; SEM; Stress corrosion crack

Indexed keywords

CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYMERS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBONYL INDICES; CHEMICAL DEGRADATIONS; CRACK GROWTHS; CRACK PROPAGATION KINETICS; CRACK SURFACES; CRACK-TIP; CRYSTALLINITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA-RED SPECTROSCOPIES; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FT-IR ANALYSIS; FTIR; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MATERIAL DENSITIES; MECHANO-CHEMICAL PROCESS; POLYETHYLENE PIPES; POLYMER PIPES; SCC TESTS; SEM; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; STRESS CORROSION CRACK; STRESS CORROSIONS; STRESS-CORROSION CRACKINGS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORY MODELS; TIME INTERVALS; YIELD STRENGTHS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 63349103997     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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