1. 1 Fracture Mechanics of Polymers B&R Ch. 16.1-16.3, Fried 4.4 Testing methods of mechanical properties Static Transient Impact Cyclical

2. 2 Static tensile testing Fixed Clamp Moving Clamp Extensometer

3. 3 Stress-strain tensile testing stress-strain curves of typical polymeric materials. properties of common polymers

4. Viscoelasticity 4

5. Craze and Shear Banding 5 F F F Shear banding F

6. Poisson’s ratio 6

7. Cold drawing of semi-crystalline polymers 7

8. Brittle vs. ductile failure 8 Factors affecting failure -

9. Compression Shear 9 Static tensile testing Material subjected to uniform hydrostatic pressure Material subjected to shear stress

10. Transient Test: Creep  1  2  3 10

11. Transient Test: Stress relaxation 11  t   

12. Impact & fatigue testing 12 Charpy Test