2019/03/26 by Takako Tomizawa, Ko Okumura, Tomizawa, Takako +1
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition #Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition #FOS: Physical sciences #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1903.10680
openalex publication_date 2019/03/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the dependence of the fracture surface energy on the pulling velocity for nano-porous polypropylene (PP) sheets to find two components: the static and dynamic ones. We show that these terms can be interpreted respectively as plastoelastic and viscoelastic components, as has been shown for soft polyethylene (PE) foams in a previous work. Considering significant differences in the pore size, volume fraction and Young's modulus of the present PP and previous PE sheets, the present results suggest a universal physical mechanism for fracture of porous polymer sheets. The simple physical interpretation emerging from the mechanism could be useful for developing tough polymers. Equivalence of Griffith's energy balance in fracture mechanics to a stress criterion is also discussed and demonstrated using the present experimental data.