Fracture criteria for the brittle fracture of a glassy thermoplastic, poly(methy1 methacrylate), have been evaluated using three test piece geometries; the double cantilever beam (DCB), threepoint bend (TPB), and compact tension (Cl'). For the DCB good agreement is obtained with published estimates
Comparison of laboratory techniques for evaluating the fracture toughness of glassy polymers
โ Scribed by R. Y. Ting; R. L. Cottington
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 756 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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