Material Instabilities in Solids

Abstract

The principal investigator considered a numbered of mathematical problems that may help to explain material failures in certain polymers and ductile metals. In particular, useful results were obtained concerning the static instability and surface cracking of a single hole and the formation of crazes in glassy polymers. (eg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218451

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  • Scott J. Spector

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  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Cavitation
  • Elastic Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Elastomers
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Illinois
  • Instability
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Photoacoustic Tomography
  • Polymers
  • Universities

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  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Polymer Science and Technology