A new constitutive model for the chemical aging of rubber networks in deformed states

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9896-9903

  Budzien, Joanne ^a   Rottach, Dana R ^b,c   Curro, John G ^a   Lo, Chi S ^a   Thompson, Aidan P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c Abratech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGING; CHEMICAL HISTORY; DEFORMED STATE; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PERMANENT SETS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS; RUBBER NETWORKS; TWO STAGES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RUBBER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 61849122952     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma801373z     Document Type: Article

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