Effect of the molecular structure of semicrystalline polyethylene on mechanical properties studied by molecular dynamics

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4358-4367

  Queyroy, Séverine ^a,b   Monasse, Bernard ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

elasticity; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics; polyethylene (PE); semicrystalline

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; BASIC MECHANISM; CHAIN SEGMENTS; CONSTANT STRESS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; HIGH-CONTENT; INITIAL STATE; LAMELLAR THICKNESS; MOLECULAR CHAINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; PULL-OUT; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYETHYLENES; SEMICRYSTALLINES; TIE-MOLECULES; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84861816217     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.36560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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