Abstract
The tensile behavior of PBT with different crystallinity was investigated at various temperatures. It turned out that the origin of stress whitening is different for PBT crystallized at 100 °C and 180 °C. The deformation of PBT crystallized at 100 °C involves crazing/tearing and fibrillation at different temperatures. The complicated fracture morphologies including brittle fracture, fibrillation and ductile ploughing are linked to the temperature-dependent deformation mode of PBT crystallized at 180 °C. The yield behavior could be described based on the Ree-Eyring model for PBT crystallized at 100 °C and 180 °C. The effect of temperature on Young's modulus, fracture strain and yield stress was analyzed and the fracture morphology was discussed in detail.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 143-150 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Materials and Design |
| Volume | 129 |
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| State | Published - Sep 5 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51573131, 21374077 and 51673147).
Keywords
- Fracture
- Poly(butylene terephthalate)
- Stress whitening
- Yield stress