Stress and Strain / 1: |
Free Energy and Stress / 1.1: |
Interrelationship Among the Stresses in Elastic Body / 1.2: |
Viscoelasticity / 1.3: |
Stress Relaxation / 1.3.1: |
Superposition of the Stress-Strain History / 1.3.2: |
The Relaxation Spectrum / 1.4: |
Phenomenological Aspects / 1.4.1: |
The Three Stages of Relaxation / 1.4.2: |
Molecular Interpretation / 1.4.3: |
Conformational Relaxation without Cooperativity / 1.4.3.1: |
Cooperativity in Stage 1 Relaxation / 1.4.3.2: |
External Viscosity: Stage 2 and 3 |
Approximate Relations among Linear Viscoelastic Functions / 1.5: |
The Yield Phenomenon / 1.6: |
Intermolecular Cooperativity / 2: |
A Molecular Model for Intermolecular Cooperativity / 2.1: |
Distribution of Relaxation Times near the Glass Transition / 2.2: |
Stage 1: Relaxation of Conformers / 2.2.1: |
Stage 2: The "Transition" Stage / 2.2.2: |
The Glassy State / 3: |
Isothermal Contraction/Expansion in the Nonequilibrium State / 3.1: |
Linear Viscoelastic Relaxation in the Glassy State / 3.2: |
Plasticity and Nonlinear Viscoelasticity in the Glassy State / 3.3: |
The Magnitude of Relaxation Time in Glassy Polymers / 3.3.1: |
The Free Volume Hypothesis / 3.3.2: |
Plasticity and Yield Phenomena / 3.3.3: |
Viscoplasticity and Nonlinear Viscoelasticity / 3.3.4: |
Engineering Scaling Rules for Creep, Relaxation, and Stress-Strain / 3.3.5: |
Invariants in Elasticity / 3.3.6: |
The Hypothesis of Domain Breakup During Yield / 3.3.7: |
The Molten State / 4: |
Elements of Melt Rheology / 4.1: |
Rubber Elasticity / 4.2: |
Linear Viscoelasticity without Entanglement: Stage 2 / 4.3: |
Linear Viscoelasticity with Entanglement: Stage 3 / 4.4: |
The Melt Flow / 4.5: |
Additional Comments / 4.6: |
The Vertical Shift Factor and the BKZ Theory / 4.6.1: |
The Stress Overshoot / 4.6.2: |
Normal Stresses / 4.6.3: |
The Crystalline State / 5: |
Melting and Crystallization / 5.1: |
Relaxation of Semicrystalline Polymers as Composite Structures / 5.2: |
Engineering Properties / 5.3: |
Related Topics / 6: |
The Glass Transition in Crosslinked Polymers (Thermosets) / 6.1: |
Failure in Plastics / 6.2: |
Polymers Above Tg / 6.2.1: |
Polymer Solids / 6.2.2: |
Crazing and Stress Cracking / 6.2.3: |
Impact Strength and the Brittle-Ductile Transition Temperature / 6.2.4: |
Polymer Solutions / 6.3: |
Computer Programs in Basic / 7: |
Engineering Properties of Glassy and Crystalline Polymers / 7.1: |
Nomenclature for Polymer1.Bas / 7.1.1: |
Nomenclature in the Program / 7.1.2: |
Optional Subroutines / 7.1.3: |
Function Keys / 7.1.4: |
The Program / 7.2: |
Thermodynamic Recovery / 7.3: |
Stress and Strain / 1: |
Free Energy and Stress / 1.1: |
Interrelationship Among the Stresses in Elastic Body / 1.2: |
Viscoelasticity / 1.3: |
Stress Relaxation / 1.3.1: |
Superposition of the Stress-Strain History / 1.3.2: |