Application of Fracture Mechanics to Polymers, Adhesive; European Structural Integrity Society, Vol. 33 Book

	Editorial Team Affiliations
	Introduction	1
	Ductile-Brittle Fracture Transitions in Polyethersulphone	7
	The Application of Fracture Mechanics to the Fatigue Crack Propagation of Toughened Thermosets	17
	Fracture Mechanical Behavior of Thermoplastic Polymers as a Function of Molecular and Supermolecular Variables	25
	Failure of Polymers by Rupture versus Disentanglement of Molecules	31
	Rate Dependent Fracture of Polymers - Applicability and Limitations of Force Based Fracture Mechanics Approaches	39
	Creep Crack Growth in High Density Polyethylene	47
	Plastic Zone Corrected LEFM: Benefits and Limits	55
	Why Ductile Thermoplastics Sometimes Fracture Under Impact	63
	Rate and Temperature Effects on Fracture Toughness of Polystyrene at Varying Molecular Mass	71
	Applicability of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics to Fatigue in Amorphous and Semi-Crystalline Polymers	83
	Comparison between Material Toughness and Component Toughness	93
	The Engineering Design of Water Storage Tanks	97
	Critical Pressure for Rapid Crack Propagation in Thermoplastic Water Pipe	103
	The Use of Fracture Mechanics to Assess Plastics Pressure Pipe Materials	109
	Materials Selection Using Fracture Mechanics	121
	Peel Strength and Adhesive Fracture Toughness	131
	Prediction of Ductile-Brittle Transitions in Coating Materials	137
	The Durability of Adhesive Joints in Hostile Environments	143
	The Influence of Adhesive Bond Line Thickness on the Toughness of Adhesive Joints	149
	Adhesive Joint Strength Prediction for Composite Design	157
	The Role of the Interphase and its Residual Stresses in the Determination of Fracture Toughness	163
	Scratch Resistance and Embrittlement of Coated Polymeric Systems	171
	Evaluation of the Interfacial Strength in Polymeric Systems	179
	The Use of Fracture Mechanics Techniques to Predict the Service Life of Adhesive Joints	187
	Residual Stress Effects in Fracture of Composites and Adhesives	193
	Toughness Comparisons With and Without Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics	201
	Finite Fracture Mechanics of Matrix Microcracking in Composites	207
	Fracture Mechanics of the Microbond and Pull-Out Tests	213
	Fracture Anisotropy	219
	Determination of Interface Adhesion in Single-Fibre Pull-Out and Microbond Experiments	227
	Microstructure Dependent Fracture and Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior in Injection-Molded Short Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics	233
	A Stiffener Debonding Study Using Fracture Mechanics Data	241
	The Influence of Epoxy-Metal Interphase Properties on Fracture Toughness	249
	Fracture Tests to Optimise Marine Composite Manufacturing	257
	Suppression of Initiation of Delamination Cracking in Unidirectional Composites by Self-Same Resin Interleaving	265
	Suppression of Propagation of Delamination Cracking in Unidirectional Composites by Z-Fiber Pinning	273
	Author Index	279
	Subject Index	281
	Author Affiliations	285