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A general critical-strain criterion for crazing in amorphous glassy polymers

R. J. Oxborough Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Cambridge
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P. B. Bowden Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Cambridge
Pages 547-559 | Received 14 Mar 1973, Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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