Deformation and Fracture of High Polymers

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Progress in the Synthesis and Application of Polymers....Pages 3-15
Mechanical Behavior of High Polymers — Overview and Historic Remarks....Pages 17-26
Deformations and Molecular Motions in Polymers Above the Glass Transition Temperature....Pages 27-45
On the Interconversion of Linear Viscoelastic Functions with Special Application to Shear Behavior in the Glass-Rubber Transition Region....Pages 47-69
Materials with Memory....Pages 71-90
Methods of Combustion Theory in the Mechanics of Deformation, Flow, and Fracture of Polymers....Pages 91-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
On the Nonlinear Biaxial Stress-Strain Behavior of Rubberlike Polymers....Pages 115-130
On the Phenomenology of Rubberlike Behavior....Pages 131-148
Fracture and Fiber Formation of Polyethylene Crystals....Pages 149-169
The Microstructure and Properties of Crazes....Pages 171-189
Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on the Deformation and Fracture of Polymers....Pages 191-209
Attempt to Explain Crazing in Amorphous Thermoplastics and Adhesion Fractures in Semicrystalline Thermoplastics and Filled Polymers....Pages 211-225
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Rate Processes in the Plastic Deformation of Polymers....Pages 239-258
Deformation of Cross-Linked Polymers Below Tg....Pages 259-272
Time-Temperature Superposition in Heterophase Block Copolymers....Pages 273-285
Load-Extension Curves and Fracture Toughness....Pages 287-300
Deformation of Polymers as Explained by the Meander Model....Pages 301-315
The Role of Intra- and Intermolecular Cohesion in Fracture Initiation of High Polymers....Pages 317-333
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Plastic Deformation of Crystalline Polymers in Solid-State Extrusion through a Tapered Die....Pages 353-380
Nonlinear Behavior of Polyisobutylene Solutions....Pages 381-395
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
The Viscoelastic-Plastic Behavior of a Ductile Polymer....Pages 397-416
The Effect of Different Behavior in Tension than in Compression on the Mechanical Response of Polymeric Materials....Pages 417-427
A Deformation Theory of Polymers....Pages 429-442
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Crack Growth and Failure in Rubbers....Pages 467-470
Fast Fracture in PMMA....Pages 471-486
Fracture Dynamics of Homolite-100....Pages 487-500
On the Steady Propagation of a Crack in a Viscoelastic Sheet: Experiments and Analysis....Pages 501-541
The Role of Failure Criteria in the Fracture Analysis of Fiber/Matrix Composites....Pages 543-556
Thermal and Environmental Effects in Craze Growth and Fracture....Pages 557-583
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Concluding Agenda Discussion: Critical Issues....Pages 609-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-644