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Mechanical properties of solid polymers

I. M. Ward
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A concise, self-contained introduction to solid polymers, the mechanics of their behavior and molecular and structural interpretations can be found in this article, which provides extended coverage of recent developments in rubber elasticity, relaxation transitions, non-linear viscoelastic behavior, anisotropic mechanical behavior, yield behavior of polymers and other fields.
Abstract
A concise, self-contained introduction to solid polymers, the mechanics of their behavior and molecular and structural interpretations. This updated edition provides extended coverage of recent developments in rubber elasticity, relaxation transitions, non-linear viscoelastic behavior, anisotropic mechanical behavior, yield behavior of polymers, breaking phenomena, and other fields.

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The Viscoelastic Properties of Polystyrene Solutions

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the results of Harrison, Lamb and Matheson (1964) for dilute solutions in toluene of a number of polystyrene samples of different molecular weights and found that 25 % of the contribution of the polymer to the viscosity of the solution is not able to take part in viscoelastic relaxation.
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Cubic Lattice Model Chain

TL;DR: In this article, the partition functions for conditions of constant force Zf or fixed displacement length Zr are derived for the three-dimensional cubic lattice model chain having two possible positions of different energy for each link.
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Mechanical and optical anisotropy in polypropylene fibres

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of polypropylene fibres was made by drawing an isotropic spun fibre over as wide a range of draw ratios as possible and the extensional modulus, torsional modulus and optical birefringence were measured at each draw ratio.
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The Elasticity of Rubber

TL;DR: In this paper, it is assumed that there are forces of attraction between the different parts of a single molecule, for example, between the double bonds, and upon stretching, these forces are overcome.