Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives II

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by  B.R.K. Blackman

FRACTURE OF POLYMERS,
COMPOSITES AND ADHESIVES II
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EGF 1 The Behaviour of Short Fatigue Cracks
Edited by K.J. Miller and E.R. de los Rios
EGF 2 The Fracture Mechanics of Welds
Edited by J.G. Blauel and K.-H. Schwalbe
EGF 3 Biaxial and Multiaxial Fatigue
Edited by M.W. Brown and K.J. Miller
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Edited by L.H. Larsson
EGF 5 Tielding. Damage, and Failure of Anisotropic Solids
Edited by J.R Boehler
EGF 6 High Temperature Fracture Mechanisms and Mechanics
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EGF 7 Environment Assisted Fatigue
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EGF/ESIS 8 Fracture Mechanics Verification by Large Scale Testing
Edited by K. Kussmaul
ESIS/EGF 9 Defect Assessment in Components -
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ESIS 10 Fatigue under Biaxial and Multiaxial Loading
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ESIS 12 High Temperature Structural Design
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ESIS 13 Short Fatigue Cracks
Edited by K.J. Miller and E.R. de los Rios
ESIS 14 Mixed-Mode Fatigue and Fracture
Edited by H.R Rossmanith and K.J. Miller
ESIS 15 Behaviour of Defects at High Temperatures
Edited by R.A. Ainsworth and R.R Skelton
ESIS 16 Fatigue Design
Edited by J. Solin, G. Marquis, A. Siljander and S. Sipila
ESIS 17 Mis-Matching of Welds
Edited by K.-H. Schwalbe and M. Ko^ak
ESIS 18 Fretting Fatigue
Edited by R.B. Waterhouse and T.C. Lindley
ESIS 19 Impact of Dynamic Fracture of Polymers and Composites
Edited by J.G. Williams and A. Pavan
ESIS 20 Evaluating Material Properties by Dynamic Testing
Edited by E. van Walle
ESIS 21 Multiaxial Fatigue & Design
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ESIS 22 Fatigue Design of Components. ISBN 008-043318-9
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ESIS 23 Fatigue Design and Reliability. ISBN 008-043329-4
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ESIS 24 Minimum Reinforcement in Concrete Members. ISBN 008-043022-8
Edited by Alberto Carpinteri
ESIS 25 Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture. ISBN 008-043336-7
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ESIS 26 Fracture Mechanics: Applications and Challenges. ISBN 008-043699-4
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ESIS 27 Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives. ISBN 008-043710-9
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ESIS 28 Fracture Mechanics Testing Methods for Polymers Adhesives and Composites.
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ESIS 29 Temperature-Fatigue Interaction.
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ESIS 30 From Charpy to Present Impact Testing.
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l^RACTURE OF POLYMERS, COMPOSITES AND ADHESIVES II
Editors:
B.R.K. Blackman
A. Pavan
J.G. Williams
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This volume contains 47 peer-reviewed papers selected from those presented
at the 3rd ESIS TC4 conference, "Fracture of Polymers, Composites and
Adhesives" held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 15-18th September 2002.
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CONTENTS
Foreword xi
1. Polymers
LI. Slow Crack Growth and Fatigue
Micromechanisms of Slow Crack Growth in Polyethylene 3
C.J. G. Plummer, A. Goldberg and A. Ghanem
Analysis of the Fracture Behavior of Amorphous Semi-Aromatic Polyamides 15
B, Brule, L. Monnerie and J.L Halary
Experimental Analysis of Glassy Polymers Fracture Using a Double Notch Four Point-Bending Method 27
N. Saad, C. Olagnon, R. Estevez and J. Chevalier
Toughening Effect in Highly Filled Polypropylene Through Multi-Scale Particle Size 39
G. Orange and Y. Bomal
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Contact Fatigue Behaviour of an Epoxy Polymer
Under Small Amplitude Sliding Micro-Motions 51
M. C Dubourg and A. Chateauminois
1.2. Essential Work of Fracture
Experimental Study of Rubber-Toughening of PET 65
A'; Billon and J.-R Meyer
Essential Work of Fracture of Injection Moulded Samples of PET and PET/PC Blends 77
J.J. Sanchez, 0.0. Santana, A. Gordillo, M.Ll. Maspoch and A.B. Martinez
Rate and Temperature Effects on the Plane Stress Essential Work of Fracture in Semicrystalline PET 89
A. Pegoretti and T. Ricco
1.3. Environmental Stress Cracking
Effects of Detergent on Crack Initiation and Propagation in Polyethylenes 103
M. Rink, R. Frassine, P. Mariani and G. Carianni
The Environmental Stress Cracking of a PBT/PBA Co-Poly(ester ester) 115
KB. Kuipers, A.C. Riemslag, R.F.M. Lange, M. Janssen, R. Marissen, K. Dijkstra and A. Bakker
1.4. Rate Effects
A New Way for Polymer Characterisation Using a Combined Approach LEFM-Plastic Zone Corrected
LEFM 129
C Grein, Ph. Beguelin and H.-H. Kausch
Effects of Constraint on the Traction-Separation Behaviour of Polyethylene 143
S.K.M. Ting, J.G. Williams and A. Ivankovic
Micromechanical Modelling of Rate and Temperature Dependent Fracture of Glassy Polymers 155
R. Estevez, S. Basu and E. Van der Giessen
Cohesive Properties of a Crystalline Polymer Craze Under Impact Extension 167
P. Leevers, S. Hazra and L Wang
Laboratory Test for Measuring Resistance to Rapid Crack Propagation 175
A. Biirgel, T. Kobayashi and D.A. Shockey
Rate Dependent Fracture Toughness of Plastics 187
Z. Major and R. W Lang
Numerical Determination of the Energy Calibration Function g^ for High Rate Charpy Impact Tests 199
A. Rager, J.G. Williams and A. Ivankouic
The Three Dimensional Stress Fields at the Dynamic Crack Tip Associated with the Crack Branching
in PMMA 207
M. Watanabe
A Drop Tower Method for High Rate Fracture Toughness Testing of Polymers 221
/. Horsfall, C.H. Watson and C.G. Chilese
The Strain Rate Dependence of Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
(ABS) Copolymer in Impact Test 231
W-S. Lee and H-L Lin
Elastic and Viscoelastic Fracture Analysis of Cracks in Polymer Encapsulations 241
a Wittier, P. Sprafke and B. Michel
Modelling the Drop Impact Behaviour of Fluid-Filled Polyethylene Containers 253
A. Karac and A. luankouic
Inverse Method for the Analysis of Instrumented Impact Tests of Polymers 265
V. Pettarin, P. Frontini and G. Eligabe
2. Adhesive Joints
Fracture Mechanics Tests to Characterize Bonded Glass/Epoxy Composites: Application to Strength
Prediction in Structural Assemblies 279
P. Davies and J. Sargent
On the Mode II Loading of Adhesive Joints 293
B.R.K. Blackman, A.J. Kinloch and M. Paraschi
Cohesive Failure Characterisation of Wood Adhesive Joints Loaded in Shear 305
E Simon and G. Valentin
Rate Dependent Fracture Behaviour of Adhesively Bonded Joints 317
/. Georgiou, A. luankouic, A.J. Kinloch and V Tropsa
Experimental Characterization of Carbon-Fiber/Concrete Adhesive Interface for Retrofitting of
Concrete Bridge Structures 329
T. Kusaka, H. Yagi, H. Namiki and N. Horikawa
The Determination of Adhesive Fracture Toughness for Laminates by the Use of Different Test
Geometry and Consideration of Plastic Energy Correction Factors 341
D.R. Moore and J. G. Williams
Fracture Toughness of a Laminated Composite 355
S. Kao-Walter, P. Stdhle and R. Hdgglund
Combinatorial Edge Delamination Test for Thin Film Adhesion - Concept, Procedure, Results 365
M.Y.M. Chiang, J. He, R. Song, A. Karim, W.L Wu andEJ. Amis
Bond Parameters Affecting Failure of Co-Cured Single and Double Lap Joints Subjected to Static and
Dynamic Tensile Loads 373
K.C. Shin and J J. Lee
3. Composites
3.1. Short Fibre Composites
Fracture Mechanisms in Short Fibre Polymer Composites: The Influence of External Variables on
Critical Fibre Angle 387
S. Fara and A. Pavan
Fracture Behaviour of Short Glass Fibre-Reinforced Rubber-Toughened Nylon Composites 399
M. Gomina, L. Pinot, R. Moreau and E. Nakache
3.2. Laminates
Comparison of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Between CFRP and ALFRP Laminates with Common
Epoxy Matrix at 77K in LN2 421
M. Hojo, S. Matsuda, B. Fiedler, K. Amundsen, M. Tanaka and S. Ochiai
Delamination Fracture in Cross-Ply Laminates: What Can be Learned from Experiment? 433
A.J. Brunner and B.R.K. Blackman
Fracture Toughness of Angle Ply Laminates 445
M.R. Piggott and W Zhang
Strain Energy Release Rate for Crack Tip Delaminations in Angle-Ply Continuous Fibre Reinforced
Composite Laminates 455
C. Soutis and M. Kashtalyan
The Effect of Residual Stress on Transverse Cracking in Cross-Ply Carbon-Polyetherimide Laminates
Under Bending 465
L.L. Warnet, R. Akkerman and P.E. Reed
3.3. Z-Pinned Laminates and Bridging Analysis
Deducing Bridging Stresses and Damage from GIQ Tests on Fibre Composites 479
A.J. Brunner, B.R.K. Blackman and JG. Williams