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 …

Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most used polymers for microporous membrane fabrication
due to its good thermal stability, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, and low cost …

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 …

Polypropylene (PP)/Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM)/graphene nanocomposites
were prepared by melt mixing process via an internal mixer (Brabender plasti-corder). The …

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 …

The essential work of fracture (EWF) technique has been well established and accepted for
the fracture characterization of ductile polymer films under in-plane (mode I) loading. In the …

In this study, micro-scale cellular and nano-scale labyrinth structures were obtained on the
surface of A2024 aluminium alloy adherends through ultrasonic-aided corrosion using an …

The effects of physical aging on fracture and yielding behavior are polycarbonate are
considered. Two groups of Bisphenol A-based polycarbonate, consisted of extruded PC …

Both stretching and adding nucleating agent can improve the mechanical properties of
isotactic polypropylene (iPP), but their combined effects and mechanisms remain unclear. In …

It was shown that a solid‐state deformation of polypropylene (PP) being in the form of
partially disentangled powder is possible by blending with another molten polymer. During …