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MORTON VISITING LECTURES

"Fracture Resistant Polymers: Performance and Evaluation"

Dr. Clive Bucknall
The Harold A. Morton Visiting Professor in Polymer Engineering for Fall 2007
Professor Emeritus of the Department of Materials
Cranfield University, Bedford, United Kingdom

Time: Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Location: Aggarwal Lecture Hall, Room 130
Polymer Engineering Academic Center
250 South Forge Street, Akron, OH 44325-0301

Lectures Are Free And Open To The Public and are part of an advanced topics course that University of Akron students may take for credit under the course 9841:797-001

For futher information on the lectures, please contact Dr. Clive Bucknall at clivebucknall@aol.com

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Date	Topic
Aug. 29	A Fresh Look at Standard Tensile and Impact Tests
Sept. 5	Shear Yielding
Sept. 12	Introduction to Fracture Mechanics, Brittle Fracture
Sept. 19	New Look at Crazing
Sept. 26	Rubber Particle Cavitation
Oct. 3	Mechanisms of Rubber Toughening
Oct. 10-24	Break - No Lectures
Oct. 31	Rubber Toughening of Glassy Thermoplastics - Part I
Nov. 7	Rubber Toughening of Glassy Thermoplastics - Part II
Nov. 14	Mixing and Miscibility
Nov. 21	Toughening Thermosetting Resins and Composites
Nov. 28	Toughening Semi-Crystalline Thermoplastics
Dec. 5	Toughness of Polyolefins, Overview of Fracture Resistance

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