Micromechanical modeling of the elasto-viscoplastic behavior of semi-crystalline polymers

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 519-541

  Van Dommelen, J A W ^a   Parks, D M ^b   Boyce, M C ^b   Brekelmans, W A M ^a   Baaijens, F P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive behavior; Crystal plasticity; Microstructures; Polycrystalline material; Polymeric material

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CYCLIC LOADS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDENING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INCLUSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; STRAIN; VISCOPLASTICITY;

SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

POLYCRYSTALS;

EID: 0037333056     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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