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Toughness and brittleness of plastics: A summary of an ACS/SPE symposium
Author(s) -
Deanin Rudolph D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760161209
Subject(s) - crazing , materials science , brittleness , brittle fracture , fracture toughness , composite material , toughness , fracture (geology) , solid state , polymer , forensic engineering , engineering physics , engineering
A recent and joint ACS/SPE symposium featured 40 papers on the fundamental mechanism of brittle fracture, low‐speed crazing and fracture, high‐speed impact mechanisms, fatigue failure, multi‐phase polymer systems, and reinforcing fibers. A survey of these papers indicates the present state of our knowledge in this field, and the rapid progress it is making toward the development of high‐performance plastic materials.