Study of the PENT test conditions for reducing failure times in high-resistance polyethylene resins for pipe applications

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-115

  Domínguez, Carlos ^a   García, Rafael A ^a   Aroca, Marcelo ^b   Carrero, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Failure time reduction; PENT test; Pipe material; Polyethylene; Slow crack growth

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; EDGE NOTCHES; FAILURE TIME; FOURTH GENERATION; MULTI-MODAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PENT TEST; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PIPE MATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE RESINS; Q-PARAMETER; SLOW CRACK GROWTH; STANDARD CONDITIONS; STRESS VALUES; TEST CONDITION;

THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84861830971     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-011-9151-z     Document Type: Article

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