Conference Agenda

11:00am - 11:15am

FRACTURE MECHANICS ACCOUNTING FOR THE MECHANISMS OF CRACK INITIATION AND GROWTH FOR NEAT AND GLASS SYNTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE USING TOMOGRAPHY 3D IMAGING

Lucien Laiarinandrasana¹, Sébastien Blassiau², Cristian Ovalle¹

¹Centre for Materials Science (MAT), Mines Paris, PSL University, France; ²SAIPEM S.A., 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

11:15am - 11:30am

Double Edge Notched Tension testing of PET/PA blends

Claudio G Schön¹, Carlos F. Silva², Nicolas W. Ferreira¹, Alessandra F Santos²

¹Escola Politécnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Faculdade de Tecnologia de Mauá. Brazil

11:30am - 11:45am

AGEING EFFECT ON THE FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR OF CARBOXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE SOLID COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS

Mario Martinez¹, Raul Lopez², Jesus Rodriguez^1,3, Alicia Salazar^1,3

¹Grupo de Durabilidad e Integridad Mecánica de Materiales Estructurales, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain; ²Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Spain; ³Instituto de Investigación de Tecnologías para la Sostenibilidad, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

11:45am - 12:00pm

QUASI-BRITTLE POLYMERIC CELLULAR MATERIALS ANALYZED WITH THE EQUIVALENT LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS FORMALISM

Maxime Wetta¹, Jean-Benoit Kopp¹, Vincent Fournier¹, Louise Le Barbenchon², Philippe Viot¹

¹Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Hesam Universite, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; ²CNRS, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Bordeaux INP, Hesam Universite, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France

12:00pm - 12:15pm

ADHESION AND FRACTURE ENERGIES IN POLYACRYLAMIDE/ALGINATE HYDROGELS

Carlos Reinhards, Mario Martinez, Alvaro Rico, Alicia Salazar, Jesus Rodriguez

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain