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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fracture and Fatigue of a Self -Healing Polymer Composite Material

Abstract

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A comprehensive experimental program is performed to assess the fatigue behavior of a self-healing polymer. The inherent fatigue characteristics of the material are measured. A fatigue-life-extension-based protocol is established for characterizing self-healing under a cyclic loading. Retardation and arrest of the fatigue crack result from self-healing induced crack-tip shielding mechanisms and significantly increase fatigue life.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Brown, Eric Nathaniel
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Sottos, Nancy R.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3101805
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87714

Chain of custody

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
OAI-PMH GetRecord
citation

Brown, Eric Nathaniel. Fracture and Fatigue of a Self -Healing Polymer Composite Material. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87714