Polymer Viscoelasticity: Stress and Strain in Practice / Edition 1

by Evaristo Riande, Ricardo Diaz-Calleja, Margarita Prolongo, Rosa Masegosa, Catalina Salom

Overview

Showcasing vital engineering applications to transient and dynamic pertubations of macromolecular materials, structural recovery's role in mechanical responses in the glassy state, and viscoelastic parameters that condition the non-Newtonian behaviour of polymers, this work presents a systematic account of the responses of macromolecular materials to mechanical force fields. It focuses on the most important features of the linear stress-strain relationships for ideal solids and liquids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824779047
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/1999
Series:	Plastics Engineering , #55
Pages:	902
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Evaristo Riande, Ricardo Diaz-Calleja, Margarita Prolongo, Rosa Masegosa, Catalina Salom

Table of Contents

Structure of polymers; crystalline and amorphous states in polymers; rubber elasticity; stress-strain relations for ideal solids and ideal liquids; linear viscoelasticity - viscoelastic functions; dynamic viscoelastic functions; experimental determination of viscoelastic properties; viscoelastic behaviour of polymers above the glass-transition; retardation and relaxation spectra; viscoelastic models; molecular models of the viscoelastic polymers; viscoelasticity of glassy and semicrystalline polymers; flow behaviour of polymer melts and solutions; yield crazing and fracture; reinforced polymers; multiaxial analysis of linear viscoelastic stress; flexion and torsion of viscoelastic rods.

Editorial Reviews

". . .an excellent tool for self-study as well as for teaching the subject of polymer visco-elasticity....the subject material is logically organized and the book is well-written. The figures are excellent and the solved problems are appropriately illustrative....one of the most comprehensive sources on polymer viscoelasticity."
—-Polymer News

From the Publisher

This book is concerned mainly with the study of the viscoelastic response of isotropic macromolecular systems to mechanical force fields. It features engineering applications to transient and dynamic perturbations of macromolecular materials, structural recovery's role in the mechanical responses in the glassy states, and viscoelastic parameters that condition the non-Newtonian behavior of polymers. The behavior of polymer blends and liquid crystals is not addressed. Among the topics are rubber elasticity, stress-strain relations for ideal solids and ideal liquids, retardation and relaxation spectra, molecular models, flow behavior of polymer melts and solutions, yield crazing and fracture, reinforced polymers, and flexion and torsion of beams and rods. The five authors are all professors in Spain. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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