Axial-Compressive Behavior, Including Kink-Band Formation and Propagation, of Single p-Phenylene Terephthalamide (PPTA) Fibers

Figure 5

Coarse-grained PPTA force-field functions used in the present work: (a) bond-stretch term; (b) two-bond-angle term; (c) hydrogen-bond term; and (d) non-bond term.

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