Mechanical Response of Polymers : An Introduction (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Discussion of response of a viscoelastic material; 2. Constitutive equations for one-dimensional response of viscoelastic materials: mechanical analogs; 3. Constitutive equations for one-dimensional linear response of a viscoelastic material; 4. Some features of the linear response of viscoelastic materials; 5. Histories with constant strain or stress rates; 6. Sinusoidal oscillations; 7. Constitutive equation for three dimensional linear isotropic viscoelastic materials; 8. Axial load, bending and torsion; 9. Dynamics of bodies with viscoelastic support; 10. Boundary value problems for linear isotropic viscoelastic materials; 11. Influence of temperature; Appendices; References; Index.