Craze Initiation Criterion in Glassy Polymers under High Pressure.

Abstract

The initiation of crazes in glassy polymers is accounted for by a single criterion according to which crazing occurs when the maximum stress at the tip of a flaw (sigma(max)) reaches a critical value. This criterion can explain the initiation of crazes in polymethylmethacrylate and polystyrene tested in tension under superposed hydrostatic pressure. A single value of sigma(max) for each of the two polymers has been calculated and found to be independent of the applied hydrostatic pressure whether or not the polymer was exposed to the pressure-transmitting fluid. Our analysis predicts that relatively small stress-concentrations suffice for craze initiation even under remote compressivve stress states (negative first stress invariant). The predicted stress concentrations are in reasonable agreement with experimentally determined values. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069116

Entities

People

  • Abdelsamie Moet
  • Eric Baer
  • Igor Palley

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

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  • Agreements
  • Contracts
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Polymers
  • Polystyrenes
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Stress
  • Transmitting
  • United States
  • Universities

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.