Mechanical Evaluation Strategies for Plastics (Hardcover)

General comments on modulus, ductility, stiffness and toughness; General principles of modulus and stiffness; Modulus from constant deformation rate tests; Modulus from sinusoidal excitation tests; Modulus from step-function excitation tests; Modulus and stiffness anisotropy; General principles of strength, ductility and toughness; Strength and ductility from constant deformation rate tests; Strength and ductility from step function and cyclic excitations; Ductility assessment from impulse excitations.