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Effect of Transition Temperature, Structure and Anisotropy on the Deformation and Failure of Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Robert J. Samuels
Robert J. Samuels*
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100
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Abstract

The yield strength, the failure strength and strain behavior of Isotactic Polypropylene are all a function of the molecular orientation in the polymer. Further, although Isotactic Polypropylene and PMDA-ODA polyimide are very different polymers, they behave similarly when the strain rate is slow enough for the polymer to be at the low strain rate limit of its failure envelope. A master True Stress-Total True Strain curve is obtained for both polymers.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 539: Symposium M – Fracture & Ductile vs. Brittle Behavior - Theory, Modelling… , 1998 , 137
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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