Abstract
This article presents an experimental investigation of a ductile rubber-modified polypropylene. The behaviour of the material is investigated by performing tension, shear and compression tests at quasi-static and dynamic strain rates. Subsequently, scanning electron microscopy is used to analyse the fracture surfaces of the tension test samples, and to relate the observed mechanical response to the evolution of the microstructure. The experimental study shows that the material is highly pressure and strain-rate sensitive. It also exhibits significant volume change, which is mainly ascribed to a cavitation process which appears during tensile deformation. Assuming matrix-particle debonding immediately after yielding, the rubber particles might play the role of initial cavities. It is further found that the flow stress level is highly dependent on the strain rate, and that the rate sensitivity seems to be slightly more pronounced in shear than in tension and compression. From the study of the fracture surfaces it appears that the fracture process is less ductile at high strain rates than under quasi-static conditions.
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