A mechanistic approach for determining plane-stress fracture toughness of polyethylene

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2881-2895

  Jar, P Y B ^a   Adianto, R ^a   Muhammad, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DENT; Fracture resistance; Necking; Plane stress; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CRACK GROWTH; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; DENT; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; FRACTURE PROCESS; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; FRACTURE SURFACES; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; NECKING; NEW APPROACHES; PLANE STRESS; POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY; TENSILE TESTS;

CRACKS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FRACTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77956173846     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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