Time dependent fracture of polymers
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The fracture behavior of polymers is reviewed with emphasis on the time dependent aspects of the problem. Following a delineation of the history of crack propagation investigations in linearly viscoelastic materials, the effects of temperature and solvent environment are examined besides the special effects arising from fatigue loading. These phenomena are examined for both crosslinked and uncrosslinked polymers. Some special consideration is given to the phenomena connected with craze formation in amorphous homopolymers as well as in crystalline materials as exemplified by polyethylene. Finally, status of analytical tools and formulations of fracture problems involving non-linearly viscoelastic material behavior is delineated by means of some examples.
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This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research and by DARPA, Dr. L. Peebles technical monitor; the work was supported in part by the Program of Advanced Technologies at the California Institute of Technology with the industrial participants Aerojet General, General Motors and TRW. The writer is grateful to the assistance of several of his graduate students in the preparation of this manuscript, in particular G. Losi, T. Minahen, G. Pulos, P. Washabaugh, with D. Phillips as the secretary/typist.Attached Files
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- Office of Naval Research
- DARPA
- Program of Advanced Technologies at Caltech
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2020-03-09Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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- International series on the strength and fracture of materials and structures