ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Double exposure holographic interferometry has been used to measure the response of a growing craze to a pulsed stress. The craze was grown in situ by application of methanol to a crack in a poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) strip under tension (K1 = 0.4 MN/m3/2). An incremental stress, approximating 15 percent of the overall crazing stress, is applied to the growing craze in a 1 s pulse. Incremental strain and stress profiles are measured along a line parallel to, but displaced 1.0 mm from, the growing craze, from a double exposure hologram triggered just before and during the pulse. The craze deforms rapidly, relieving the incremental stress concentration that can be shown to exist before craze growth. In a second set of experiments one holographic exposure is triggered during the incremental stress pulse, and a second exposure is triggered afterward. The results of such experiments indicate that the craze deformation is primarily plastic, and corresponds to a plastic strain rate of not less than 0.2 s-1. Consideration of the diffusion limitation of the rate of craze thickening leads to the conclusion that this plastic deformation is attributable to fibril creep rather than a surface drawing mechanism.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760200909
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