Overcoming the structural versus energy dissipation trade-off in highly crosslinked polymer networks: Ultrahigh strain rate response in polydicyclopentadiene

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Knorr, Daniel B ^a   Masser, Kevin A ^a   Elder, Robert M ^a   Sirk, Timothy W ^a   Hindenlang, Mark D ^a   Yu, Jian H ^a   Richardson, Adam D ^a   Boyd, Steven E ^a   Spurgeon, William A ^a   Lenhart, Joseph L ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Amorphous materials; A. Polymers; B. Fracture toughness; B. Impact behavior; B. Matrix cracking

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BALLISTICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; PROJECTILES; TEMPERATURE; YIELD STRESS;

BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; CROSSLINKED POLYMER NETWORKS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; MATRIX CRACKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; STRUCTURAL EPOXY RESINS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84926620224     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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