Abstract: A numerical study is presented of cavitation and yield in amorphous polymer-rubber blends in terms of a unit cell model involving an initially voided rubber particle. The particle is described ...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with a recent microstructural approach to model creep crack growth. The model spans three different length scales, from the scale of individual cavities, through the ...

Abstract: In view of the near-tip constraint effect imposed by the geometry and loading configuration, a creep fracture analysis based on C* only is generally not sufficient. This paper presents a ...