ISSN:
1042-7147
Keywords:
anisotropic
;
liquid crystal
;
plasticity
;
rheology
;
solid-phase
;
thermotropic
;
Vectra
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The solid-phase rheology of a thermotropic polyester which is liquid crystalline in the melt (Vectra A) was studied for one-dimensional finite-amplitude deformations, including step-strain and recovery, step-stress and recovery, and step-strain followed by small-amplitude oscillations. The rheology is complex, and cannot be described by existing models. Below a critical strain, which is history-dependent, Vectra A deforms as a linear viscoelastic solid. Above the critical strain the deformation is both viscoplastic and viscoelastic. There appears to be a maximum recoverable strain of about 0.03, beyond which all deformation is nonrecoverable. A large number of relaxation modes is required to describe the stress, and one time scale is inadequate to describe the time-dependence of yielding and plastic flow.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pat.1995.220061103
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