The physics of deformation and fracture of polymers [electronic resource] / A.S. Argon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

5 Linear viscoelasticity of polymers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface; Symbols; Frequently used abbreviations; 1 Structure of non-polymeric glasses; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Glass formability in metallic alloys; 1.3 Atomic packing in disordered metallic solids; 1.4 Energetic characterization of the structure of metallic glasses; 1.4.1 The atomic site stress tensor; 1.4.2 Calorimetry; 1.5 Free volume; 1.6 Viscosity of glass-forming liquids; 1.7 Structural relaxations; 1.7.1 A computational model; 1.7.2 Kinetic models of structural relaxations in metallic glasses; 1.8 The distributed character of structural relaxations and the glass transition.

1.9 The dependence of the glass-transition temperature on cooling rate1.10 Crystallization in bulk metallic glasses; 1.11 Deformation-induced alterations of atomic structure in sub-cooled liquids and glasses; 1.12 The range of metallic alloys that have been obtained as bulk metallic glasses; 1.13 The structure of amorphous silicon; 1.14 Characterization of the structure of amorphous silicon; Suggested further reading on structure of non-polymeric glasses; References; 2: Structure of solid polymers; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 Structure of polymers; 2.3 Molecular architecture; 2.4 Molecular weight.

2.5 Structure of amorphous polymers2.5.1 Molecular-structure models of amorphous polymers; 2.5.2 Chemically specific molecular-structure models of amorphous polymers; 2.5.3 Chemically non-specific models of amorphous polymer structure; 2.5.4 Experimental means of characterization of the structure of glassy polymers; 2.6 Crystalline polymers; 2.6.1 The fringed-micelle model of semi-crystalline polymers; 2.6.2 Spherulites; 2.6.3 Hedrites; 2.6.4 Polymer single crystals; 2.6.5 Crystallization from the melt and growth of spherulites; 2.7 Defects in polymer crystals; 2.7.1 Overview.

2.7.2 Chain defectsChain folds; Dispirations; 2.7.3 Lattice defects; 2.8 Chain-extended polymers; Suggested further reading on structure of solid polymers; References; 3 Constitutive connections between stress and strain in polymers; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Stresses and strains; 3.2.1 Stresses; 3.2.2 Strains; 3.3 Linear elasticity of polymers; 3.4 Plasticity of polymers; 3.4.1 Generalized yield conditions; 3.4.2 The associated-flow rule; 3.5 Thermally activated deformation; References; 4 Small-strain elastic response; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Small-strain elasticity in crystals.

4.2.1 The generalized Hookes law4.2.2 Orthorhombic crystals or orthotropic solids; 4.2.3 Hexagonal crystals; 4.2.4 Cubic crystals; 4.2.5 Isotropic materials; 4.2.6 Temperature and strain dependence of elastic response; 4.3 Theoretical determination of elastic constants of polymers; 4.3.1 Glassy polymers; 4.3.2 Crystalline polymers; 4.4 Elastic response of textured anisotropic polymers; 4.5 Elastic properties of heterogeneous polymers; 4.5.1 Methods of estimating the elastic properties of heterogeneous polymers; 4.5.2 The self-consistent method; 4.5.3 The Eshelby inclusion method; References.

A physical, mechanism-based presentation of the plasticity and fracture of polymers, covering industrial scale applications through to nanoscale biofluidic devices.

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