ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Constitutive relationships are presented to relate the directional dependence of the mechanical properties of anisotropic, partially crystalline polymers to (a) the percent crystallinity, (b) characteristics of the crystalline and amorphous orientation distribution, and (c) the mechanical properties of the crystalline and amorphous components. These relationships were tested with structural and dynamic mechanical data obtained for isotactic polypropylene films in various states of crystalline and amorphous orientation. The dynamic mechanical properties of the crystalline and amorphous components were treated as parameters and evaluated from dynamic mechanical measurements along the longitudinal and transverse direction of three different film samples. These mechanical parameters, and the associated structural parameters, were in turn used to predict the dynamic mechanical spectra for a fourth, independent, film sample. The predicted values for the storage and loss modulus, along various directions of loading, were within 10 percent of the measured values over the temperature range of -80°C to 80°C.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760160511
