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A simple test method for the response of materials to large bending deformations
Author(s) -
Charrier J.M.,
Gent A. N.
Publication year - 1984
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.760241505
Subject(s) - materials science , bending , bending moment , polypropylene , plastic bending , composite material , natural rubber , bar (unit) , pure bending , structural engineering , simple (philosophy) , bending stiffness , engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , meteorology
A simple test device is described for subjecting bars to large bending deformations and simultaneously monitoring the bending moment. Examples are given of the elastic bending of a bar of a natural rubber vulcanizate and of the maximum bending moment that molded bars of polyethylene and polypropylene can withstand before the fully‐plastic state is attained.