Nonlocal intrinsic fracture energy of polymerlike networks

B Deng, S Wang, C Hartquist, X Zhao - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Connecting polymer network fracture to molecular-level chain scission remains a quandary.
While the Lake-Thomas model predicts the intrinsic fracture energy of a polymer network is …

Quantifying reversed loading effects on fracture resistance curve in M (T) specimens using DIC

C Chen, X Qian, T Liu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a digital image correlation (DIC) based method to measure the fracture
resistance curve and quantify the reversed loading effects in middle tension, M (T) …

Energy release rate of a mode-I crack in pure shear specimens subjected to large deformation

B Zhu, J Wang, AT Zehnder, CY Hui - International Journal of Fracture, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Pure Shear (PS) crack specimen is widely employed to assess the fracture
toughness of soft elastic materials. It serves as a valuable tool for investigating the behavior …