Analytical and experimental investigation of fatigue crack propagation for polyethylene methacrylate

Yongshou Liu, Zongzhan Gao, Wei Liu, Zhufeng Yue

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Abstract

The fatigue crack growth of most polymers is sensitive to temperature. In this paper, tests on fatigue crack growth of polyethylene methacrylate were carried out and the fatigue crack growth rate was obtained at temperature range -50 to 90 °C and frequency 1 Hz. The fatigue crack propagation (FCP) properties of polyethylene methacrylate and metals were studied comparatively and a new modified formula for FCP rate was deduced to describe the polyethylene methacrylate FCP rates. The formula includes four parameters: the FCP threshold, Young's modulus, fracture toughness and stress ratio. The predicted curve based on this modified formula corresponds very well with the test data of polyethylene methacrylate at different temperatures. Therefore, the modified formula can be used to describe the FCP process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)363-368
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
Volume486
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Fatigue crack propagation
  • Polyethylene methacrylate (PMMA)
  • Stress intensity factor
  • Temperature effect

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