TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic fracture analysis of aged glassy polycarbonate by the method of caustics
AU - Gao, Guiyun
AU - Li, Zheng
AU - Negahban, Mehrdad
N1 - Funding Information:
★ Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2010CB731503).
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - The purpose of this work is to investigate the dynamic fracture properties of glassy polycarbonate (PC) with different aging times. The optical method of caustics is adopted in which the shadow spot patterns are recorded by a high speed camera during the dynamic fracture process. Then, the dynamic crack propagation, the stress intensity factor (SIF) and the dynamic fracture toughness of aged PC are obtained through an analysis of the characteristic size of caustic pattern. Moreover, by combining with the investigation of the fracture surface and the energy release rate analysis, the influence of aging time on the dynamic fracture behavior is discussed. Results show that the dynamic fracture toughness and critical energy release rate of PC decreases with aging time for short aging times, whereas they have little change or even increase for longer aging times. Therefore, aging modifies the mechanical properties especially the dynamic fracture properties of PC nonlinearly, not linearly as generally thought of.
AB - The purpose of this work is to investigate the dynamic fracture properties of glassy polycarbonate (PC) with different aging times. The optical method of caustics is adopted in which the shadow spot patterns are recorded by a high speed camera during the dynamic fracture process. Then, the dynamic crack propagation, the stress intensity factor (SIF) and the dynamic fracture toughness of aged PC are obtained through an analysis of the characteristic size of caustic pattern. Moreover, by combining with the investigation of the fracture surface and the energy release rate analysis, the influence of aging time on the dynamic fracture behavior is discussed. Results show that the dynamic fracture toughness and critical energy release rate of PC decreases with aging time for short aging times, whereas they have little change or even increase for longer aging times. Therefore, aging modifies the mechanical properties especially the dynamic fracture properties of PC nonlinearly, not linearly as generally thought of.
KW - dynamic fracture
KW - physical aging
KW - polycarbonate
KW - stress intensity factor
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U2 - 10.1016/S0894-9166(13)60040-3
DO - 10.1016/S0894-9166(13)60040-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887298578
SN - 0894-9166
VL - 26
SP - 448
EP - 457
JO - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica
JF - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica
IS - 5
ER -