"On the use of the essential work of fracture procedure in the determination of the fracture energy of tough polymeric materials"

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 760-763

  González, Imanol ^a   Eguiazábal, José I ^a   Nazábal, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blends; EWF methodology; Impact test; Poly(butylene terphethalate)

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; EWF METHODOLOGY; IMPACT TEST; IN-PLANE STRAINS; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; POLY(BUTYLENE TERPHETHALATE); POLYMERIC MATERIAL; TENSILE TESTS;

BUTENES; LIGAMENTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYMERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 68549115162     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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