A thermomechanical framework for the transition of a viscoelastic liquid to a viscoelastic solid

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-59

  Kannan, K ^a   Rajagopal, K R ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Helmholtz potential; Internal energy; Viscoelastic fluid; Viscoelastic solid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

HELMHOLTZ POTENTIAL; POLYMERIC MELT; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; VISCOELASTIC SOLID;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 1242263880     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108128604773685248     Document Type: Article

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