Creep behavior of poly(methyl methacrylate) with growing damage

Effects of experimental variables on PMMA nano-indentation measurements

“…The design of M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT these engineering components requires an overall understanding of the mechanical properties of PMMA. Many reports have been undertaken to measure the elastic and time-dependent mechanical responses of PMMA [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Nano-indentation is typically applied to study nano-scale mechanical response and provides accurate continuous measurements of the indentation load (P) and penetration depth (h).…”

A study on environmental stress cracking in nano-SiO2-filled polycarbonate

“…A wide range of standardized and empirical test methods have been developed to characterize the ESC behavior of polymeric materials. All of these methods can be classified into three groups [12][13][14]:…”

Micro-deformation mechanisms in thermoformed alumina trihydrate reinforced poly(methyl methacrylate)

“…In the absence of micro-voids or other light scattering entities, PMMA samples did not display any stress whitening under any thermoforming conditions. Previous studies on PMMA indicated that source of stress whitening in neat PMMA was micro-void formation due to crazing [52,53] and that in rubber modified PMMA was due to cavitation or debonding of rubber particles [27,28,31,54]. In our case, PMMA molecular structure was modified with cross-linking agent in order to improve stiffness and strength of the material.…”