Monte Carlo simulation of uniaxial tension of an amorphous polyethylene-like polymer glass

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7774-7782

  Li, Jing ^a,b   Mulder, Tim ^a   Vorselaars, Bart ^b   Lyulin, Alexey V ^b   Michels, M A J ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRAIN HARDENING;

POLYMER GLASS; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 34247586499     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma061042w     Document Type: Article

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