The static and impact fracture toughnesses of a polybutylene terephthalate/polycarbonate/impact modifier (PBT/PC/IM) blend were studied at different temperatures. The static fracture toughness of the blend was evaluated via the specific fracture work concept and the J-integral analysis. A comparison
Fracture toughness of PC/PBT blend based on J-integral methods
โ Scribed by Ming Luen Lu; Feng-Chih Chang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 699 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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โฆ Synopsis
The fracture toughness of a polycarbonate/poly(butylene terephthalate) (PC/PBT) blend was determined using three different J-integral methods, ASTM E813-81, E813-87, and hysteresis energy. The critical J values (J1,) obtained are largely independent of the crosshead speed (range from 0.5 to 50 mm/min). ASTM E813-81 and hysteresis energy methods result in comparable J,, values, while the E813-87 method estimates J1, to be 60-80% higher. The critical displacement determined from the plots of hysteresis (energy and ratio) and the true crack growth length vs. displacement is very close. This indicates that the critical displacement determined by the hysteresis energy method is indeed the displacement at the onset of crack initiation and the corresponding J1, represents a physical event of crack initiation.
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The critical fracture toughness J,, of the polycarbonate (PC)/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) blend at different temperatures was obtained from ASTM E813-81, E813-87, and the recently developed hysteresis energy methods, respectively. The J1, value increases with increase of the test temperatu
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