Application of essential work of fracture methodology to polymer fracture

Composites Technologies For 2020

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 433-438

  Duan, Kai ^a   Hu, Xiaozhi ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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