Potential energy clock model: Justification and challenging predictions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 517-540

  Adolf, Douglas B ^a   Chambers, Robert S ^a   Flemming, Jesse ^a   Budzien, Joanne ^b   McCoy, John ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glassy polymer; Material clock; Physical aging; Potential energy; Viscoelasticity; Yield

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY RELAXATION; GLASSY POLYMERS; MATERIAL CLOCKS; RATIONAL MECHANICS FRAMEWORK;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRAIN; VISCOELASTICITY;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 34247869638     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2716442     Document Type: Article

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