Abstract
A method is presented whereby various potential contributions to the toughness of rubber toughened polymers can be quantified. The tendencies toward either synergism or additivity amongst mechanisms is emphasised for rubber stretching, cavitation and shear banding. The method reveals that specific experimental measurements of microstructural changes near a crack tip, in the crack wake, are needed to unequivocally ascertain the dominant toughening mechanisms.
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