The essential work of fracture (EWF) concept has become very popular to characterize the
plane stress toughness of ductile polymers and related systems. The widespread use of the …

This work details the general structure of the clays used as a reinforcement phase in
polymer nanocomposites. Clays are formed by the molecular arrangement of atomic planes …

The Post-Yielding Fracture Mechanics describe the fracture behaviour of pre-cracked films
and thin sheets that show yielding phenomenon at the crack tip during fracture. The …

Understanding the mechanical response and toughening behavior of 3D printed high-
performance polymers, with regarding to the weak interface and undesirable internal voids …

Polypropylene (PP)/Montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay based composite was prepared by melt
compounding with maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MA-g-PP) as a compatibilizer in …

Immiscible blends of 80 wt% polypropylene (PP) with 20 wt% polyamide (PA) or
polycarbonate (PC) were prepared by melt mixing with or without the addition of 5 …

Three nearly identical linear low density polyethylene resins based on copolymers of
ethylene with 1-butene (B), 1-hexene (H) and 1-octene (O) were utilized to investigate the …

Experiments and finite element (FE) calculations were performed to study the raster angle–
dependent fracture behaviour of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic …

The main purpose of the present work was to study the phase morphology, mechanical
properties and fracture behavior of PP/PA6/(EPDM: EPDM-g-MA)(70/15/15) ternary blends …

In the present study, the crack initiation fracture toughness of various nanoparticles filled
polyamide 66 was investigated in a broad temperature range (23–120° C) by using an …