Creep rupture behavior of polypropylene
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Kusy, R. P. ;Whitely, J. Q.
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Article
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1983
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The controlled failure of polypropylene (PP) sutures is studied via creep rupture tests. From plots of log time ( I S ) vs. stress (a), linear relationships are generated over the failure times of 1-1000 h. Results show that as a function of stress, the time dependence varies with irradiation dose