Characterization of micro- to macroscopic deformation behavior of amorphous polymer with heterogeneous distribution of microstructures

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1703-1716

  Tomita, Yoshihiro ^a   Uchida, Makoto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous polymer; Computational simulation; Distribution of initial shear strength; Macroscopic shear band; Microscopic shear band; Molecular chain network theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDENING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SHEARING;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION OF INITIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; MACROSCOPIC SHEAR BANDS; MICROSCOPIC SHEAR BANDS; MOLECULAR CHAIN NETWORK THEORY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 1342281091     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2003.09.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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