Master Curves for Some Amorphous Polymers

Abstract

MASTER CURVES FOR POLYSTYRENE, POLYMETHYL ACRYLATE AND POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE IN STRESS RELAXATION ARE REPORTED. THE METHOD USED TO OBTAIN A WIDE RANGE IN MODULUS IS TO COMBINE TORSIONAL CREEP DATA FOR HIGH MODULUS REGIONS WITH DIRECT STRESS RELAXATION DATA FOR LOW MODULI. THE COMPOSITE CURVES OBTAINED ARE COMPARED WITH EXISTING LITERATURE DATA. THE MASTER CURVE FOR POLYSTYRENE OBTAINED BY A BALL IDENTATION METHOD IS ALSO REPORTED. CHARACTERISTIC VISCOELASTIC PARAMETERS DERIVED FROM THE DATA ARE TABULATED. (AUTHOR-PL).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
ADA952709

Entities

People

  • Arthur V. Tobolsky
  • M. Takahashi
  • Meikun Shen
  • R. B. Taylor

Organizations

  • Princeton University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acrylates
  • Agreements
  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Laboratories
  • Composite Materials
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Equations
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Methacrylates
  • New Jersey
  • Polymers
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate
  • Polystyrenes
  • Relaxation Time
  • Specific Volume
  • Transition Temperature

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  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Polymer Science and Technology