TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Some ideas on failure in solids 401
II. Experimental studies of failure of solid polymers 402
1. Test of the applicability of Griffith's method 402
2. Time-dependence of the strength of polymers 404
3. The relation between the laws of failure and deformation 407
4. Crazing of polymers under mechanical loads, propagation of failure cracks, and morphology of fracture surfaces 409
III. The theory of static failure of polymers and other solids 413
IV. Conclusions 416
Bibliography 416