Kinetics and microscopic processes of long term fracture in polyethylene piping materials. Final report, February 1, 1991-February 1, 1992

Technical Report · Tue Jul 21 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6609178

Brown, N; Lu, X

The report contains 9 completed works as follows: The Dependence of Slow Crack Growth in a Polyethylene Copolymer on Testing Temperature and Morphology; A Test of Slow Crack Growth Failure of PE under Constant Load; Effect of Annealing on Slow Crack Growth in an Ethylene-Hexene Copolymer; The Fundamental Material Parameters that Govern Slow Crack Growth in Linear Polyethylene; Slow Crack Growth in Blends of HDPE and UHMWPE; The Mechqnism of Fatigue Failure in a Polyethylene Copolymer; PENT Quality Control Test for PE Gas Pipes and Resins; International Round Robin Study of A Fatigue Test Approach to the Ranking of Polyethylene Pipe Material; Proposed ASTM Specification for ASTM F17.40 Test Methods Committee.

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
• OSTI ID: 6609178
• Report Number(s): PB-93-167146/XAB; CNN: GRI-5087-260-1468
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
ANNEALING
CONTROL
CRACK PROPAGATION
FATIGUE
FRACTURE MECHANICS
HEAT TREATMENTS
KINETICS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
MICROSCOPY
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MORPHOLOGY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PIPES
POLYETHYLENES
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
QUALITY CONTROL
RESINS