[eBook Code] An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers (eBook Code, 2nd)

Preface.

1 Structure of Polymers.

2 The Deformation of an Elastic Solid.

3 Rubber-like Elasticity.

4 Principles of Linear Viscoelasticity.

5 The Measurement of Viscoelastic Behaviour.

6 Experimental Studies of Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour as a Function of Frequency and Temperature: Time-Temperature Equivalence.

7 Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour.

8 Polymer Composites: Macroscale and Microscale.

9 Relaxation Transitions: Experimental Behaviour and Molecular Interpretation.

10 Creep, Stress Relaxation and Non-linear Viscoelasticity.

11 Yielding and Instability in Polymers.

12 Breaking Phenomena.

Appendix 1.

Appendix 2.

Answers to Problems.

Index.