A pre-damage method was developed to determine whether rubber particle cavitation is responsible for craze initiation, or vice versa. Tensile tests were carried out on pre-strained high impact polystyrene (HIPS) specimens ...

The role of the rubber particle in the ultimate failure of High Impact Polystyrene and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene was investigated by modifying the rubber content and the shear modulus of the rubber phase in the ...

Theoretical and experimental investigations were performed on multiphase polymers; especially rubber toughened (RT) poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to explore cavitation in the rubbery phase. The main objectives of ...