Mechanical behaviour of poly(methyl methacrylate)
Mechanical behaviour of poly(methyl methacrylate)
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01045745
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发表时间:
1990-04
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
W. Cheng;G. Miller;J. Manson;R. Hertzberg;L. Sperling
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作者:
W. Cheng;G. Miller;J. Manson;R. Hertzberg;L. Sperling
A series of tensile and three-point bending studies was conducted at various temperatures and loading rates using a commercial poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). Tensile properties and fracture toughness data were obtained for the various conditions. In general, both tensile strength and fracture toughness increase with increasing loading rate and decreasing temperatur E. However, when the temperature reaches the glass transition region, the relationships between fracture toughness, loading rate, and temperature become very complex. This behaviour is due to the simultaneous interaction of viscoelasticity and localized plastic deformation. In the glass transition region, the fracture mechanism changes from a brittle to a ductile mode of failure. A failure envelope constructed from tensile tests suggests that the maximum elongation that the glassy PMMA can withstand without failure is about 130%. The calculated apparent activation energies suggest that the failure process of thermoplastic polymers (at least PMMA) follows a viscoelastic process, either glass orβtransition. The former is the case if crack initiation is required.