The following sections will be covered during this session:
- Introduction to ESC (5 min)
- Plastics Failure Mechanism
- ESC Failure Mechanism
- Why do Plastic parts crack? (5 min)
- Ductile Overload Cracking Model
- Ductile to Brittle Transition
- Elements of prediction of ESC (10 min)
- Some generalizations regarding families of plastics & the environment
- Practical considerations to reduce ESC occurrence (10 min)
- ESCR test methods (10 min)
- ASTM D1693, critical strain, fracture mechanics & others….
- Similar failures to ESC (5 min)
- Crack Tip Dissolution
- Solvation/Plasticization
- Dissolution
- Practical Case Studies on Automotive, Hardware & Medical plastic parts (15 min)
- Reviewing Failure mode, cause & suggesting recommendations