Microstructural model for prediction of stress-strain curves of amorphous and semicrystalline elastomers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2715-2739

  Bicerano, Jozef ^a   Grant, Nancy K ^a   Seitz, Jerry T ^a   Pant, Krishna ^a,b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Activation volume; Amorphous; Crosslink; Elastomer; Entanglement; Kinetics; Microstructure; Monte Carlo; Rubber; Semicrystalline; Simulation; Slippage; Software; Stress strain curve

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS ELASTOMERS; SEMICRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; STRESS STRAIN CURVES;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0031275067     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19971130)35:16<2715::AID-POLB13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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