ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A theoretical “two wall” model of polymer chains confined between a pair of infinite parallel walls is developed to represent the amorphous regions in filled or reinforced elastomers, block copolymers and semicrystalline polymers. The free energies of the various types of confined chains are determined using statistics which incorporate nearest-neighbor interactions. The stress-strain, tensile ii odulus and swelling properties of the individual chains as a function of chain contour length and temperature are discussed. A mean field, free energy expression is used to account for interactions between confined chain segments: The free energy due to the direct interaction between the walls is given by a van der Waals potential. The equilibrium wall separation of the two wall model is determined as a function of the number of each type of chain, chain contour length and temperature. The two wall model is shown to display several deformation phenomena, including: yield, stress softening; draw; stress hardening; the Mullins effect; set; and crack or craze propagation.
Additional Material:
16 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760191403
