Mechanical Behavior of a Series of Copolyester Blends near the Glass Transition: Monotonic and Load-Hold Behavior in Compression

Monotonic loading tests were conducted on five commercial blends of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) (PCT) at temperatures of 90°C and 100°C and strain rates of 0.1/s, 0.05/s, and 0.005/s in uniaxial and plane strain compression. On comparing th...

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Main Authors: Gurucharan Chandrasekaran, Rebecca B. Dupaix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Polymer Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/245205