Development of a stochastic constitutive model for prediction of postyield softening in glassy polymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 949-1002

  Medvedev, Grigori A ^a   Caruthers, James M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glassy polymers; Physical aging; Stochastic model; Yield

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT STRAIN RATE; DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; GLASSY POLYMERS; PHYSICAL AGING; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION; YIELD;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; GLASS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84877261336     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4801958     Document Type: Article

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