Abstract
On the basis of the thermal fluctuation theory of brittle fracture of solids an equation is derived for the strength of specimens of various cross-section profile as a function of temperature and time. The theoretical calculations of the shape factor were carried out on a computer.
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V. I. Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, Laboratory for Problems in the Physics of Polymers. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 157–159, January–February, 1972.
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Bartenev, G.M., Razumovskaya, I.V. Shape factor of a specimen in relation to the connection between brittle strength and time. Polymer Mechanics 8, 139–141 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00855019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00855019