Monte Carlo simulation of uniaxial deformation of polyethylene-like polymer glass: Role of constraints and deformation protocol

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-358

  Mulder, Tim ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a,b,c   Lyulin, Alexey V ^a,b   Michels, Matthias A J ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation; Glass; Mechanical properties; Monte Carlo simulation; Polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYETHYLENES;

STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION;

GLASS;

EID: 34547923721     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200700001     Document Type: Article

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