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J-integral correlation of the initiation of slow crack growth in linear polyethylene

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In previous investigations it has been shown that the regime of slow crack growth and the time to failure depend directly on the initial rate of crack-tip opening and damage. In this paper we demonstrate that a more appropriate fracture parameter to correlate various load levels, crack lengths, and specimen geometries under small-scale-yielding conditions is the J-integral rather than K. Since the initial rate of damage depends directly on the J-integral, the phenomenon of long-time failure by slow crack growth should be correlated by the J-integral for linear PE.

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Au cours d'études précédentes, on a montré que le régime de croissance lente d'une fissure et le temps nécessaire à la rupture dépendent directement de la vitesse initiale de l'ouverture et de l'endommagement à l'extrémité de la fissure. Dans ce travail, on démontre que l'intégrale J est un meilleur paramètre de rupture que K pour mettre en corrélation différentes valeurs de la charge, longueurs des fissurs et géométries d'éprouvettes, sous des conditions d'écoulement plastique à faible échelle. Comme la vitesse d'endommagement initiale dépend directement de l'intégrale J, on devrait pouvoir corréler avec J le phénomène de rupture différée sur une longue durée, résultant d'une croissance lente de fissure, dans le cas d'un polyéthyléne linéaire.

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Bassani, J.L., Brown, N. & Lu, X. J-integral correlation of the initiation of slow crack growth in linear polyethylene. Int J Fract 38, 43–59 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034275

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