Nonlinear stress relaxation of an entangled linear polystyrene in single step-strain flow: A quantitative theoretical investigation

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1281-1293

  Chen, Chun Y ^a   Wu, Seng M ^a   Chen, Zhi R ^a   Huang, Tien J ^a   Hua, Chi C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convective constraint release; Entangled polystyrene; Molecular modeling; Nonaffine deformation; Nonlinear stress relaxation; Partial strand extension; Polystyrene; Rheology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION;

ENTANGLED LINEAR POLYSTYRENE; NONLINEAR STRESS RELAXATION; SINGLE STEP STRAIN FLOW;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0038069016     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.10455     Document Type: Article

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