Abstract: This paper presents an investigation correlating tensile properties of glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars with the results obtained from flexural testing. Composite bars, in contrast to conventional steel, when ...

Abstract: In this article, the description of a novel damage-coupled constitutive formulation for the mechanical behavior of semicrystalline polyethylene is presented. The model attempts to describe the ...

Abstract: Environmental stress cracking (ESC) of polyethylene (PE) in structural applications can result in catastrophic failure without any visible warning. Polyethylene with excellent short-term mechanical strength can have poor ...

Abstract: It has long been suspected that physical chain entanglements in the amorphous phase affect the strain hardening behavior of polyethylene. The precise number of chain entanglements in solid ...