Dynamic aspects of crack development in coating layers, 2010 TAPPI Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium

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The cracking of coated papers and coating films was followed by both a thermo (or IR) camera and a high-speed camera using a miniature material tester in uniaxial tension, where both the isolated coating layers and the coated paper strips were notched on each side in order to initiate cracking.