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The essential work of fracture of a thermoplastic elastomer

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This paper presents the fracture behaviour of a thermoplastic elastomer, HYTREL 5556. Since with this material it is not possible to successfully apply the LEFM nor the EPFM, it has been studied by following the ESIS protocol for determining the essential work of fracture in plane stress and extended for mixed-mode conditions, which should give a material constant, independent of the sample geometry. DDENT specimens were used in two different thickness, and results showed that the essential works of fracture in plane stress and mixed-mode were the same for both thickness for this material.

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  1. Departamento de Ciència dels Materials i Enginyeria Metal.lúrgica, UPC, Avenida Diagonal, 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    M. Ll. Maspoch, D. Ferrer & A. B. Martinez

  2. Centre Català del Plàstic, C/Colom, 114, E-08222, Terrassa, Spain

    O. O. Santana

  3. Departement Matériaux-Mécanique-Physique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Lyon, France

    J. Grando

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Maspoch, M.L., Santana, O.O., Grando, J. et al. The essential work of fracture of a thermoplastic elastomer. Polymer Bulletin 39, 249–255 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050145

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