Influence of femtolaser notch sharpening technique in the determination of essential work of fracture (EWF) parameters

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1247-1254

  Martinez A B ^a   Segovia, A ^a   Gamez Perez, J ^a   Maspoch, M Ll ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture; Essential work of fracture (EWF); Ethylene propylene block copolymer; Femtolaser notching; Femtosecond pulsed laser ablation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF); ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE METHODS; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMER; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMTOLASER NOTCHING; FEMTOSECOND PULSED LASER ABLATION; FRACTURE BEHAVIOURS; FRACTURE TESTS; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; PLASTIC WORKS; RAZOR BLADES; VIDEO EXTENSOMETERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DEFORMATION; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE TESTING; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; LIGAMENTS; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 67349092951     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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