Determination of critical strains in isotactic polypropylene by cyclic loading-unloading

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0111091-0111095

  Spieckermann, Florian C ^a   Wilhem, Harald R ^b   Schafler, Erhard ^a   Alfantis, Elias C ^c   Zehetbauer, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TGM Die Schule der Technik   (Austria)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CRYSTALLITES; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; UNLOADING;

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HARDENING CURVES; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; LOADING-UNLOADING CYCLES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; RECOVERY PROPERTIES; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 77955379628     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3030938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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