Fracture Mechanics Testing Methods for Polymers, Adhesives and Composites
This book is an overview of ESIS Technical Committee 4's activities since the mid-1980s. A wide range of tests is described and the numerous authors is a reflection of the wide and enthusiastic support we have had. \ With the establishment of the Technical Committee 4, two major areas were identified as appropriate for the activity. Firstly there was an urgent need for standard, fracture mechanics based, test methods to be designed for polymers and composites. A good deal of academic work had...
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With the establishment of the Technical Committee 4, two major areas were identified as appropriate for the activity. Firstly there was an urgent need for standard, fracture mechanics based, test methods to be designed for polymers and composites. A good deal of academic work had been done, but the usefulness to industry was limited by the lack of agreed standards. Secondly there was a perceived need to explore the use of such data in the design of plastic parts. Some modest efforts were made in early meetings to explore this, but little progress was made. In contrast things moved along briskly in the standards work and this has dominated the activity for the last fourteen years. The design issue remains a future goal.
Introduction to the Work of ESIS TC 4Ch. 1Linear Elastic Fracture MechanicsIntroduction to Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics3K[subscript c] and G[subscript c] at Slow Speeds for Polymers11Determination of Fracture Toughness (G[subscript IC] and K[subscript IC]) at Moderately High Loading Rates27The Measurement of K[subscript c] and G[subscript c] at Slow Speeds for Discontinuous Fibre Composites59Determination of the Impact Fracture Toughness K[subscript Id] of Plastics at High Rates of Loading "> 1m/s"73Fatigue Crack Growth of Polymers91Ch. 2Elastic-Plastic Fracture MechanicsIntroduction to Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics119J-Fracture Toughness of Polymers at Slow Speed123J-Fracture Toughness of Polymers at Impact Speed159Essential Work of Fracture177Ch. 3Adhesion Fracture MechanicsIntroduction to Adhesion and Adhesives199Peel Testing of Flexible Laminates203Fracture Tests on Structural Adhesive Joints225Ch. 4Delamination Fracture MechanicsIntroduction to Delamination Fracture of Continuous Fibre Composites271Mode I Delamination277Mode II Delamination307Delamination Fracture of Continuous Fibre Composites: Mixed-Mode Fracture335List of Symbols361List of Abbreviations369Author Index371Author Affiliations373
