An Overview of the Nonequilibrium Behavior of Polymer Glasses.

Abstract

An overview is given of the nonequilibrium behavior of polymeric glasses. While the emphasis is to display the significant effects of the nonequilibrium behavior on observable properties, some general basics of the glass transition behavior and nonequilibrium behavior are also presented. Both molecular as well as phenomenological explanations of the nonequilibrium phenomenon are considered. The overview is not meant to be exhaustive but has the principal objective to introduce and educate the newcomer to this topic of polymer science. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096682

Entities

People

  • G. L. Wilkes
  • M. R. Tant

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Amorphous Materials
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Copolymers
  • Creep
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Heat Capacity
  • Isotherms
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Polymers
  • Resins
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.