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Mode I fracture tests were performed in three-point bending (SE(B)) at a low (lOmm/min) and a high (Im/s) loading rate according to the testing protocols that were developed by the European Structural Integrity Society - Technical Committee 4 (ESIS TC4) to determine fracture toughness in plastics by a linear elastic fracture mechanics approach, which have become now international standards [15,16]. 

For the experimental determination of LEFM parameters, compact tension (CT) and single edge notched (SEN) bending specimens are commonly used. According to the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) test protocol (59) and standard practices (60,61), A) under mode I can be determined from the load-displacement curves according to the relationship ... 

European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) Testing Committee protocol for conducting J-crack growth resistance curve tests on plastics, in D. R. Moore, B. R. K. Blackman, P. Davies, A. Pavan, P. Reed, J. G. Williams, eds., Experimental Methods in the Application of Fracture Mechanics Principles to the Testing of Polymers, Adhesives and Composites, Elsevier, London, 2000, p. 140. 

Blackman, B.R.K, and Kinloch, A.J., Structural Adhesives Test Protocol. European Structural Integrity Society, Technical Committee TC4, 1999 (http //www.me.ic.ac.uk/ materials/AACgroup/index.html). 

The authors have been acting as joint chairmen of the Technical Committee on Polymers and Composites (TC4) of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) for the last few years. 

European structural integrity society (ESIS) Test protocol for essential work of fracture,Versions (Oct, 1997)... 

The main objective of EWF is to determine fracture material properties under plane stress conditions. A testing protocol for polymeric materials has been established by the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) [3]. 

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