An introduction to the mechanical properties of solid polymers /
[Book]
I.M. Ward and J. Sweeney
2nd ed
Chichester, West Sussex, England :
Wiley,
c2004
x, 382 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Structure of Polymers -- The Deformation of an Elastic Solid -- Rubber-like Elasticity -- Principles of Linear Viscoelasticity -- The measurement of viscoelastic behaviour -- Experimental Studies of Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour as a Function of Frequency and Temperature: Time-Temperature Equivalence -- Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour -- Polymer Composites: Macroscale and Microscale -- Relaxation Transitions: Experimental Behaviour and Molecular Interpretation -- Creep, Stress Relaxation and Non-linear Viscoelasticity -- Yielding and Instability in Polymers -- Breaking Phenomena