Influence of the notch sharpening technique on the fracture toughness of bulk ethylene-propylene block copolymers

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-59

  Salazar, A ^a   Rodriguez J ^a   Segovia, A ^b   Martinez A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK GROWTH INITIATION; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH LOADING RATE; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAZOR BLADES; STABLE CRACK GROWTH;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER CRIME; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRACK TIPS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LASER ABLATION; PLASTICS; PROPYLENE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 72449197962     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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