ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A series of tests have been conducted to measure the effects of fatigue loading on environmental stress crazing in PMMA. Testing in methanol has shown that long crazes are grown prior to fracture in the same manner as previously observed for constant-load conditions. An analytical model which had been used to describe craze kinetics in terms of environmental flow within the craze for static loads has been amended to account for the variable loads and gives excellent prediction of craze speeds under numerous types of loading. The correlation of theory and experimental data for this second case suggests that environmental crazing is controlled mainly by the way in which the hostile environment is able to flow through the voided structure of the craze. A brief description of the effects of varying the cyclic frequency is also given in an attempt to provide guidelines for future research.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1973.070170401
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