ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract A model has been developed to determine the rates of craze initiation and craze growth in opaque materials that deform by crazing, such as toughened polystyrene, and to predict their stress-strain behaviour. It is shown that crazed polystyrene toughened with low density polyethylene can be regarded as a series of linearly elastic crazes and toughened polystyrene. This implies that the amount of craze material, stress and strain are related in a simple fashion. As the amount of craze material can be calculated from the rates of craze initiation and craze growth, stress-time behaviour can be calculated if strain-time behaviour is known, and vice versa.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00540370
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