TY - JOUR
T1 - Plane strain fracture toughness performance of injection molded long fiber reinforced thermoplastics
T2 - An experimental investigation
AU - Gonzalez, Fernando
AU - Chassapis, Constantin
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The variations of fracture toughness Kc. in injection molded 50% E-glass long fiber reinforced polypropylene are investigated. Plaques at different sets of processing conditions have been produced and specimens have been obtained at preselected spatial locations, both in the in-flow and cross-flow directions. The effect of part morphology, which consists of through-thickness layers, was evaluated experimentally by measuring the fracture toughness at locations where a crack initiation is produced prior to the measurement. The results show a strong effect of processing conditions and spatial locations on the fracture toughness as a result of variations in the through-thickness layered structure.
AB - The variations of fracture toughness Kc. in injection molded 50% E-glass long fiber reinforced polypropylene are investigated. Plaques at different sets of processing conditions have been produced and specimens have been obtained at preselected spatial locations, both in the in-flow and cross-flow directions. The effect of part morphology, which consists of through-thickness layers, was evaluated experimentally by measuring the fracture toughness at locations where a crack initiation is produced prior to the measurement. The results show a strong effect of processing conditions and spatial locations on the fracture toughness as a result of variations in the through-thickness layered structure.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0004504986
SN - 1553-905X
VL - 3
SP - 133
EP - 140
JO - Journal of Injection Molding Technology
JF - Journal of Injection Molding Technology
IS - 3
ER -