Simulations on the reinforcement of poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomers by randomly distributed filler particles

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1647-1657

  Yuan, Q W ^a   Kloczkowski, A ^a   Mark, J E ^a   Sharaf, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elastomers; Excluded volume effect; Filler particle size; Fillers; Moduli; Non Gaussian effects; Poly(dimethylsiloxane); Reinforcement; Rotational isomeric state (RIS) theory

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REINFORCEMENT; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VECTORS;

EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECT; MARK-CURRO APPROACH; NON GAUSSIAN EFFECTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED FILLER PARTICLES; ROTATIONAL ISOMERIC STATE;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0030190423     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19960715)34:9<1647::AID-POLB14>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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