Mechanical response of polymers : an introduction / Alan S. Wineman, K.R. Rajagopal.
"This text provides a thorough introduction to the subject of polymers from a mechanical engineering perspective, treating stresses and deformations in structural components made of polymers. Three themes are developed. First, the authors discuss the time-dependent response of polymers and its...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Discussion of Response of a Viscoelastic Material
- Comparison with the Response of Classical Elastic and Classical Viscous Materials
- Response of a Classical Elastic Solid
- Response of a Classical Viscous Fluid
- Comments on Material Microstructure
- Response of a Viscoelastic Material
- Typical Experimental Results
- Material Properties
- Linearity of Response
- Aging Materials
- Constitutive Equations for One-Dimensional Response of Viscoelastic Materials: Mechanical Analogs
- Maxwell Model
- Kelvin-Voigt Model
- Three-Parameter Solid or Standard Linear Solid
- N Maxwell Elements in Parallel
- N Kelvin-Voigt Elements in Series
- Relaxation and Creep Spectra
- Constitutive Equations for One-Dimensional Linear Response of a Viscoelastic Material
- General Restrictions on the Constitutive Equation
- Linearity of Response: Superposition of Step Increments
- Linearity of Response: Superposition of Pulses
- Creep Forms of the Constitutive Equation
- Summary of Forms of the Constitutive Equation
- Relation Between Relaxation and Creep Functions
- Characteristic Creep and Relaxation Times
- Characteristic Relaxation, Creep, and Process Times
- Some Examples Illustrating Implications of Fading Memory
- Histories with Constant Strain or Stress Rates
- Constant Strain Rate Deformation
- Constant Strain Rate Deformation and Recovery
- Influence of Rise Time T* or Strain Rate [alpha]
- Work Done in a Constant Strain Rate Deformation and Recovery Test
- Repeated Cycles
- Step Strain and Recovery.