Essential work of fracture analysis of the tearing of a ductile polymer film

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2654-2661

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Ductile fracture; Essential work of fracture (EWF)

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE METHODS; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; ETHYLENE; POLYMER FILMS; PROPYLENE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 77956174285     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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