Compression of polypropylene across a wide range of strain rates

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-379

  Okereke, M I ^a,b   Buckley, C P ^a   Siviour, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High rate compression; Polypropylene; Strain rate dependence

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC HEATING; COMPRESSIVE YIELD STRESS; CONVENTIONAL POLYPROPYLENES; DEFORMATION PROCESS; GLASSY POLYMERS; HIGH RATE; MASTER BATCH; MATRIX PHASE; PREPREGS; QUASI-STATIC TESTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BARS; STRAIN RATE DEPENDENCE; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMAL SOFTENING; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

BLENDING; CARBON BLACK; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS; YIELD STRESS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84869869629     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-012-9167-z     Document Type: Article

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