PRELOAD EFFECT ON STABLE CRACK-GROWTH IN A PARTICULATE COMPOSITE-MATERIAL

Authors
LIU CT TANG B
Citation
Ct. Liu et B. Tang, PRELOAD EFFECT ON STABLE CRACK-GROWTH IN A PARTICULATE COMPOSITE-MATERIAL, Composites. Part B, Engineering, 29(1), 1998, pp. 15-19
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Materials Sciences, Composites",Engineering
Journal title
Composites. Part B, Engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
13598368
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
15 - 19
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-8368(1998)29:1<15:PEOSCI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The effects of strain-cycle preload and strain rate on the crack growt h behavior in a particulate composite material were investigated. In t his study, centrally cracked preloaded specimens, made from a polybuta diene rubber embedded with hard particles, were used to conduct crack propagation tests under three strain rates (0.05, 0.5 and 5.0 min(-1), at room temperature. Experimental data were analyzed and the results are discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.