Fracture Mechanics of Polymeric Materials

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1 Institut fr Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH, J. Karger-Kocsis
Fracture Mechanics of Polymeric Materials

Jzsef Karger-Kocsis

Toughness Determination Techniques
Factors Infuencing the Mechanical Response of
Polymers and Polymeric Composites
Differences Among Standardized
Toughness Testing Methods
Why Fracture Mechanics?
(Linear-Elastic and Nonlinear-Elastic Methods)
Why to Use Fracture Mechanical
Approaches?
The Scientific Debate Continues: Is it Possible to Determine
the Toughness of Polymers by Fracture Mechanics
Possibile Toughness Definitions
Mikrostructural Parameters of Injection-Molded
Discontinuous Fieber-Reinforced Composites
Structure Development DUE to Injection
Molding
Mikrostructure of Injection-Molded Fiber-Reinforced
Composites and Cutting of CT-Specimens to Study Their
LEFM Response
Microstructural Factoers of Discontinuous Fiber-
Reinforced Injection-Molded Composites
Ralative Between Fiber Orientation and
Effective Fiber Orientatiton
Relative Fracture Toughness as a Funktion of the
R Parameter for SGF- and LGF-PP Composites
Concept of the Essential Work of
Fracture
Determination of the J-Integral by the
Multiple Specimen Technique (JR-Curve)
Effect of SCB Length on the Ductile Ratio
in LLDPE
Fracture Energy as a Funktion of
Molecular Weight for HPDE and LLDPE
Effects of Crystalline and Molecular Characteristics on
the Fracture Mechanikal Response
FCP Rate as a Funcion of the Microstructural
Efficiency for GF-Reinforced Injection-Molded PP
Effects of MW and Orientation of the Skin-Core
Structure on the FCP Response in Injection-Molded PP
Change in the Work of Fracture Parameters as a
Funktion of Filler Content and Filler Dispersion
Essential Work of Fracture of Rubber-
Toughened Polypropylenes
Detremination of the Critical Value of the
J-Integral
Blunting Processes in Polymers
Possibile Crack Growth Pathes in a Craze
Does Phase Transformation Toughening
Work in Semicrystalline Polymers?
Outline
Crack Growth Behavior as a Function of
the Spherulitic Structure in PP
Specific Work of Fracture vs Ligament Length for
an aCop as a Funktion of Deformation Rate
EWF Approach Adopted for a- and b-
Phase Plypropylenes
Specific Essential Work of Fracture and its
Contributing Terms vs Intrinsic Viscosity for
Amorfhous Copolyesters
Total Specific Work of Fracture and its Contributing Terms
vs Ligament for the DDEN-T Specimens of an aCOP at a
Constant Deformation Rate
Total Specific Work of Fracture and its Contributing Terms
vs Ligament for the DDEN-T Specimens of an aCOP at a
Constant Deformation Rate
Blunting Processes in Polymers
Outlook and open Questions
Differences Among Standardized
Toughness Testing Methods
Microsrukture-Related Fracture
Mechanical Response
FCP Response of LLDPE Samples,
Schematically
Factors Infuencing the Mechanical Response of
Polymers and Polymeric Composites
Change in the Damage Zone size of UD-
Reinforced Polymer Composites with Increasing
Crack Speed
Proscesing Methods of Thermoplastic
Matrix Composites
Impregnation of Reinforcements by
Thermoplastics
Toughness as a Funktion of Crystallinity
Schematically
Challenging Aspects
Schematic Determination of the Critical
Value of the J-Integral
Crack Resistance of Filled Systems Showing
Strain Hardening as a Funktion of Filler Content
Direct Evidence of Crack Tip Blunting in
PEEK
FCP-Resistance as a Funktion of Content
and Aspect Ratio og the Reinforcement
Effects of Volume and Length of GF on the FCP-
Resistance of GF-PP-Composites
Comparsion of the F-x Curves of DDEN-T
Specimens of an Amorphous Pen of High MW
DSC Traces of Amorphous Pen Grades of
low und high MW, Respectively
Determination of the Crack Tip Blunting for
Amorphous Pen Grades of Varying MW
Work of Frakture Parameters for an
Amorphous Pen of high MW
Work of Frakcure Parameters for an
Amorphous Pen of low MW
Molecular weight/strain Rate
Correspondence in Amorphous Polymers
Comparsion of the F-x Curves of DDEN-T
Specimens of an Amorphous Pen of low MW
F-x Curves of DDEN-T Specimens of an aPen of
High MW at Medium Deformation Rate
F-x Curves of DDEN-T Specimens of an aPen of
High MW at high Deformation Rate
Crack TIP Blunting in an Amorphous Pen
at Various Deformation Rates
Domains Governing the Fracture Mechanical
Response of Amorphous Polymers
On the Molecular and Microstructural Dependence of
the Fracture Mechanical Parameters
DMTA Spectrum of an Amorphous
Poly(ethylene Naphthalate)
Evidence for the Formation of the Plastic Zone by
cold Drawing in an Amorphous Pen of High MW
Fracture Mode of DDEN-T Specimens of
an Amorphous Pen of lov MW
Evidence for the Formation of the Plastic Zone
by cold Drawing in an Amorphous Pen of High
MW
Ligament Yielding Accompanied by Crack TIP
Bluting in an Amorphous Pen of high MW
Develpment of the Plastic Plastic Zone in
Filled Systems
Deformation Mode in a Particle-Filled PP
Scheme of the Morphology-Related Crack
Growth Resistance of ELPPs
Plasitc Zone with Strain-induced Crystallization
in an aPen Due to high Strain-Rate Loading
MW
Plasitc Zone with Strain-induced Crystallization
in an aPen Due to high Strain-Rate Loading
MW
Energy Partitioning of the EWH
Response
Yielding-Related Essential Work of Fracture vs
Square ROOT of the MEAN Molecular weight
between Entanglements
Determination of the EWF Parameters
Fatigue or Farigue Crack Propagation?
Difference between Static and Cyclic Fatigue as
Assessed by Fracture Mechanics
Effects of Molecular Weight and TIE Molecule
Density on the FCP Behavior of PBT
Aspects Worth of R&D Activity
- Internal Parameters -
Typical Fatigue Crack Propagation
Behavior
Stable Delayed FCP in Discontiuous
GF-Reinforced PP-Composites
- Cyclic Fatigue -
Outline
Creep Superimposed on the FCP-
Behavior
Experimental Techniques of Great
Fututre
Stable Delayed FCP in Discontinuous GF-Reinforced
PP-Composites
- Static Fatigue -
The Essential and Non-Essential Work of
Fracture in a- and b-iPP, Respectively
Phase Transformation Toughening (PTT)
in Semicrystalline Polymers
Phase Transformation Touhening in
Engineering Ceramics
Phase Transformation in Isotactic
Polypropylene
Waxs Pattern of a Compression-Molded
b-iPP
Stress-strain Behavior of Isotactic
Polypropylene in its a- and b-form
Motivation
Phase Transformation Touhening in
Semicrystalline Polymers
Does Phase Transformation Toughening
Work in Semicrystalline Polymers?
Mechanical Loss in Function of
Temperature for a- and b-Polypropylenes
Complex Tensile Modulus in Function of
TEmperature for a- and b-Polypropylenes
DSC-Traces from Different Positions of a
Tensile Impacted Specimen of b-iPP
Plastic Zone in a Fractured DDENT-Specimen of
b-ipp and Related Waxs Patterns
Force-Elongation Curves of DDEN-t Specimens of ipp
without and with Phase Transformation Toughening and
Related Serial it Pictures
Force-Elongation Curves of DDEN-t Specimens of PP
without and with Phase Transformation Toughening and
Related Serial it Pictures
EWF Approach Adopted for a- and b-
Phase Polypropylenes
Process and Plastic Zones in a DDEN-t
Specimen of b-ipp
Instrumented Impact Fracture Response
of a-iPP
Instrumented Impact Fracture Response
of b-iPP
Machining of Specimens for high-speed Fracture
Mechanical Tests from Injection-Molded
Dumbbells of iPP
Deformation-Induced Crystal-Crystal
Phase Transitions in Polymers at RT
Phase Transformation in Isotactic
Polypropylene (ipp)
Microhardness Mapping of the Plastic
Zone in a b-ipp Showing b-a Transition
Production Philosophy of Thermoplastic
Matrix Composites
Integrated Processing Equimpent
Possible Combinations og PP-Based
Preforms in Integrated Manufacturing
Lamellar Interlocking with Amorphous Adherent
a Model forTranscrystallinity
(a-Phase iPP)
Production of Chopped GF Mat-Reinforced
Thermoplastic Composites Papermaking Process-
Skin-Core Morphology in Injection-Molded
a-ipp (a) and b-ipp (b)
Production of Chopped or Continuous Swirl GF Mat-
Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
- Melt Impregnation Technique -
Alternative Manufacturing Routes for
Thermoplastic Matrix-Based Composites
Alternative Manufacturing Routes for
Failure Machanisms During Interlaminar Fracture
of Continuous UD Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Dependence of the Fatigue Performance
of Polymeric Systems on their
Microstructural Parameters
J.Karger-Kocsis
Institute for Composite Materials Ltd.,
University of Kaiserslautern,
D-67663 Kaiserslautern,
Germany
(E-mail: karger@ivw.uni-kl.de)
Domains Governing the Fracture Mechanical
Response of Semicrystalline Polymers
Outline
Concept of Integrated Manufacturing
Presentation Philosophy
Aspects Worth of R&D Activity
- External Parameters -
Microstrukture-Related Fracture and Fatigue Performance of
Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Injection-Molded
Thermoplastic Composites
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Processing and Application of
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On the Molecular and Mikrostructural
Dependence of the Work of Fracture Parameters
in Tough Polymers and Related Composites

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