An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-49626-7
Paperback
394 pages
May 2004
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Preface.
1 Structure of Polymers.
2 The Deformation of an Elastic Solid.
3 Rubber-like Elasticity.
4 Principles of Linear Viscoelasticity.
5 The Measurement of Viscoelastic Behaviour.
6 Experimental Studies of Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour as a Function of Frequency and Temperature: Time-Temperature Equivalence.
7 Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour.
8 Polymer Composites: Macroscale and Microscale.
9 Relaxation Transitions: Experimental Behaviour and Molecular Interpretation.
10 Creep, Stress Relaxation and Non-linear Viscoelasticity.
11 Yielding and Instability in Polymers.
12 Breaking Phenomena.
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Answers to Problems.
Index.
1 Structure of Polymers.
2 The Deformation of an Elastic Solid.
3 Rubber-like Elasticity.
4 Principles of Linear Viscoelasticity.
5 The Measurement of Viscoelastic Behaviour.
6 Experimental Studies of Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour as a Function of Frequency and Temperature: Time-Temperature Equivalence.
7 Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour.
8 Polymer Composites: Macroscale and Microscale.
9 Relaxation Transitions: Experimental Behaviour and Molecular Interpretation.
10 Creep, Stress Relaxation and Non-linear Viscoelasticity.
11 Yielding and Instability in Polymers.
12 Breaking Phenomena.
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Answers to Problems.
Index.