Lecture Demonstration Packages Viewing and downloading resources About the LDPs Terms of use Feedback Credits Print this page

Crack growth in inflated balloons

This lecture demonstration package (LDP) discusses the crack propagation in inflated balloons, covers such points as Griffith’s energy balance and the release of stored elastic strain energy during propagation.

Introduction
(A) Scientific background
IT resources
(A) Description of the demonstration
Video of the demonstration

Begin

First created: Aug 2012. Resources converted to HTML5: April 2022.