Scaling of the strain hardening modulus of glassy polymers with the flow stress

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1406-1411

  Robbins, Mark O ^a   Hoy, Robert S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Glassy polymers; Mechanical properties; Strain hardening; Thermoplastics; Yielding

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS; FLOW STRESS; GLASSY POLYMERS; LINEAR RELATION; NEW RESULTS; STRAIN-HARDENING MODULUS; YIELDING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN HARDENING; THERMOPLASTICS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 67849114149     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.21734     Document Type: Article

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