Stress relaxation after a step strain in uniaxial extension of polyisobutylene and polyethylene

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Barroso, Vitor C ^a   Ribeiro, Sandra P ^a   Maia, Joao M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Linear viscoelasticity; Relaxation modulus; Step strain

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER MELT; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS RELIEF; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0041321416     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-002-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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