High-rate compression of polypropylene

Three grades of polypropylene were tested in compression at room temperature, across an unusually wide range of strain rate: 10-4 to 104s-1. The quasi-static testing was done in a Hounsfield machine fitted with a digital image acquisition kit, while tests at the highest strain rates were carried out...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Okereke, M, Buckley, C
Format: Conference item
Published: 2008