Ductile crack initiation and growth on a plasticized Polyvinylchloride during air bag deployment

With the goal of ensuring the security of passengers for automotive industry, the present work addresses the ductile fracture process of plasticized PVC. Dedicated clamped single edge notch bending (SENB) specimens were used to characterize the mechanisms of crack initiation and propagation for the...

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Main Authors: Lucien Laiarinandrasana, Clément Bertaux, Nicolas Amouroux, Cristian Ovalle Rodas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INRIA 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics
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Online Access:https://jtcam.episciences.org/7401/pdf