An assessment of essential work of fracture testing method applied to medium density polyethylene (MDPE)

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-151

  Peres, Fabiano Moreno ^a   Tarpani, José Ricardo ^b   Schön, Cláudio Geraldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Madeira e de Estruturas de Madeira LaMEM   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Deformation; Pipelines; Polymers; Toughness testing

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTIC FRACTURES; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; INDUCED ANISOTROPY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TOUGHNESS TESTING;

CHARACTERIZATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MEDIUM DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PIPELINES; POLYMERS; RESINS; WATER PIPELINES;

CRACKS;

EID: 84886729302     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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