Overview

This volume provides a fully cross-referenced and concisely presented overview of the most important aspects of the mechanical properties of polymers. Short articles provide a quick reference guide for the busy professional as well as a resource for postgraduate and undergraduate students. Coverage includes both background theory and test methods as well as comprehensive summaries of the areas of adiabatic shear, high rate behaviour, anelastic deformation, friction and wear, computer modelling, and structure-property relationships. Written by experienced scientists, each short article introduces a particular aspect of polymer properties and is accompanied by a list of references where in-depth information may be found.

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Author:   G.M. Swallowe
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.390kg
ISBN:  

9780412801709

ISBN 10:   0412801701
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   30 November 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1:Accuracy and Errors.- 2:Adhesion of Elastomers.- 3:Adiabatic Shear Instability: Observations and Experimental Techniques.- 4:Adiabatic Shear Instability: Theory.- 5:Alloys and Blends.- 6:Amorphous Polymers.- 7:Crazing.- 8:Creep.- 9:Crystalline Polymers.- 10:Crystallinity.- 11:Ductile-Brittle Transition.- 12:Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Techniques and Complex Modulus.- 13:Electron Microscopy applied to the Study of Polymer Deformation.- 14:Environmental Effects.- 15:Falling Weight Impact Tests.- 16:Falling Weight Impact Testing Equipment.- 17:Falling Weight Impact Testing Principles.- 18:Fast Fracture in Polymers.- 19:Fatigue.- 20:The Finite Element Method.- 21:Flow Properties of Molten Polymers.- 22:Fracture Mechanics.- 23:Friction.- 24:Glass Transition.- 25:Hardness and Normal Indentation of Polymers.- 26:The Hopkinson Bar.- 27:Impact Strength.- 28:Impact and Rapid Crack Propagation Measurement Techniques.- 29:Manipulation of Poisson’s Ratio.- 30:Measurement of Creep.- 31:Measurement of Poisson’s Ratio.- 32:Molecular Weight Distribution and Mechanical Properties.- 33:Molecular Weight Distribution: Characterisation by GPC.- 34:Monte Carlo Techniques.- 35:Monte Carlo Techniques applied to Polymer Deformation.- 36:Neutron Scattering.- 37:Non Elastic Deformation during a Mechanical Test.- 38:Plasticisers.- 39:Poisson’s Ratio.- 40:Polymer Models.- 41:Recovery of Glassy Polymers.- 42:Relaxations in Polymers.- 43:Sensors and Transducers.- 44:Slow Crack Growth and Fracture.- 45:Slow Crack Growth and Fracture: Measurement Techniques.- 46:Standards for Polymer Testing.- 47:Strain Rate Effects.- 48:Stress and Strain.- 49:Structure-Property Relationships: Glassy Polymers.- 50:Structure-Property Relationships: Large Strain.- 51:Structure-Property Relationships: RubberyPolymers.- 52:Tensile and Compressive Testing.- 53:Thermoplastics and Thermosets.- 54:Time-Temperature Equivalence.- 55:Torsion and Bend Tests.- 56:Toughening.- 57:Ultrasonic Techniques.- 58:Viscoelasticity.- 59:Wear.- 60:X-Ray scattering Methods in the Study of Polymer Deformation.- 61:Yield and Plastic Deformation.- Appendix 1: Further Reading-Selected Bibliography.- Appendix 2: Glossary.- Appendix 3: Table of mechanical properties.

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