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The effect of temperature on the quasi-static fracture behaviour of PMMA is examined. It is found that the critical stress intensity factor, K 10, at crack growth initiation decreases with temperature up to a certain critical temperature, T c. Above T c, K 10 increases rapidly. The speeds with which slow crack growth could be maintained without transition to brittle fracture were found to be significantly higher at high temperatures.
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Balzano, M., Ravi-Chandar, K. Temperature effects on quasi-static fracture of PMMA. J Mater Sci 26, 1387–1390 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00544482
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