Impact and Dynamic Fracture of Polymers and Composites ...

Impact and Dynamic Fracture of Polymers an Composites consist of thirty-nine reviewed and revised papers presented at the European Symposium on Impact and Dynamic Fractures of Polymers and composites held in Sardinia.brbrThe volume is divided into four sections. The first section deals with experimental methods and concepts in high-speed loading. Dynamic crack propagation is described in section 2, and rate-dependence and impact fracture toughness of plastics is dealt with in section 3. the last section is concerned with the impact damage of composites. Finally an extensive index facilitates the location of specific information for readers.brbrThis volume is the nineteenth in a series of special technical publications produced by the European Structural Integrity Society. It is an informative and original piece of work and can be thoroughly recommended to engineering designers, manufacturing engineers, and material scientists. Indeed, Impact and Dynamic Fracture of Polymers and Composites makes a significant contribution to the literature on this important subject, and will make essential reading to all those involved in this field of mechanical engineering.Foreword.pA note of appreciation to reviewers.pbExperimental methods and concepts in high speed loading./bpA technique for studying the fracture of polymers from low to high loading rates (Ph. Beguelin and H.-H. Kausch).p On the validity of impact energies measured with polymeric specimens in instrumented impact tests (J.F. Kalthoff).pHigh resolution Moire photography: application to impact and dynamic fractur45e of polymers and composites (J.M. Huntley, M.B. Whitworth, J. E. Field, L. R. Benckert, M. Sjodahl, J.C. Thesken, and A. Henriksson).pThe Measurement of Fracture Toughness via Time-to-Fracture for Impact Testing of Polymers (J.G. Williams, L. Braga, and H.J. MacGillivray).pApplication of Dynamic Key-curves for the determination of the Impact Fracture Toughness of Polymers at