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Introduction to Polymer Viscoelasticity

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- Erläutert die Prinzipien, zugehörigen Gleichungen und experimentelle Methoden, die durch praktische Anwendungen ergänzt werden. Begleitende Website mit weiteren hilfreichen Daten.
- Behandelt Messverfahren (Nanoindentation, Rasterkraftmikroskopie (AFM), Vielfachstreuung von Licht (Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy DWS)), die Viskoelastizität von Biopolymeren und den Zusammenhang zwischen den mechanischen Eigenschaften von Polymeren und viskoelastischen Funktionen.
- Beinhaltet zwei neue Abschnitte über moderne Bereiche von viskoelastischen Messungen: oszillatorische Scherung (Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear LAOS) und Mikrorheologie.
- Problemstellungen im Text. Ein Handbuch für Dozenten (mit Lösungen) ist verfügbar.
- Überaus positive Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage (CHOICE, Dezember 2005, und Polymer News Dezember 2005).
- Begleitende Website.

List of contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii
 
Preface to the Third Edition xv
 
Preface to the Second Edition xviii
 
Preface to the First Edition xx
 
1. Introduction 1
 
PROBLEMS, 6
 
GENERAL REFERENCE TEXTS, 7
 
REFERENCES, 8
 
2. Phenomenological Treatment of Viscoelasticity 9
 
A. ELASTIC MODULUS, 9
 
B. TRANSIENT EXPERIMENTS, 21
 
C. DYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS, 25
 
1. Low-Strain Measurements, 25
 
2. Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS), 30
 
3. Microrheology, 34
 
D. BOLTZMANN SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE, 38
 
E. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CREEP COMPLIANCE AND THE STRESS RELAXATION MODULUS, 43
 
F. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATIC AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES, 44
 
APPENDIX 2-1. Connecting Creep Compliance and Stress Relaxation Modulus Using Laplace Transforms, 45
 
APPENDIX 2-2. Borel's Theorem, 48
 
APPENDIX 2-3. Geometries for the Measurement of Viscoelastic Functions, 49
 
1. Linear Motion Geometries, 49
 
2. Rotational Motion Geometries, 53
 
PROBLEMS, 57
 
REFERENCES, 64
 
3. Viscoelastic Models 66
 
A. MECHANICAL ELEMENTS, 66
 
1. Maxwell Model, 68
 
2. Voigt Model, 74
 
3. Generalized Maxwell Model, 76
 
4. Voigt-Kelvin model, 79
 
B. DISTRIBUTIONS OF RELAXATION AND RETARDATION TIMES, 81
 
C. MOLECULAR THEORIES--THE ROUSE MODEL, 84
 
D. APPLICATION OF FLEXIBLE-CHAIN MODELS TO SOLUTIONS, 93
 
E. THE ZIMM MODIFICATION, 94
 
F. EXTENSION TO BULK POLYMER, 96
 
G. REPTATION, 108
 
APPENDIX 3-1: MANIPULATION OF THE ROUSE MATRIX, 112
 
PROBLEMS, 117
 
REFERENCES, 123
 
4. Time-Temperature Correspondence 125
 
A. FOUR REGIONS OF VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR, 125
 
B. TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION, 133
 
C. MASTER CURVES, 136
 
D. THE WLF EQUATION, 136
 
E. MOLECULAR INTERPRETATION OF VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE, 143
 
PROBLEMS, 144
 
REFERENCES, 149
 
5. Transitions and Relaxation in Amorphous Polymers 150
 
A. PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE GLASS TRANSITION, 150
 
B. THEORIES OF THE GLASS TRANSITION, 155
 
1. Free-Volume Theory, 155
 
2. Thermodynamic Theory, 158
 
3. Kinetic Theories, 164
 
C. STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE GLASS TRANSITION, 166
 
D. RELAXATIONS IN THE GLASSY STATE, 172
 
E. RELAXATION PROCESSES IN NETWORKS, 176
 
1. Physical Relaxation, 176
 
2. Chemical Processes, 177
 
F. BIOPOLYMER VISCOELASTICITY, 180
 
1. Biopolymer Sources, 180
 
2. Humidity Control, 181
 
3. Examples of Biopolymer Viscoelastic Response, 183
 
PROBLEMS, 189
 
REFERENCES, 196
 
6. Elasticity of Rubbery Networks 198
 
A. THERMODYNAMIC TREATMENT, 199
 
B. STATISTICAL TREATMENT, 205
 
1. Derivation, 205
 
2. Energy Contribution, 216
 
C. PHENOMENOLOGICAL TREATMENT, 220
 
D. FACTORS AFFECTING RUBBER ELASTICITY, 224
 
1. Effect of Degree of Crosslinking, 224
 
2. Effect of Swelling, 226
 
3. Effect of Fillers, 229
 
4. Effect of Strain-Induced Crystallization, 232
 
APPENDIX 6-1. Statistics of a Polymer Chain, 234
 
APPENDIX 6-2. Equation of State for a Polymer Chain, 240
 
PROBLEMS, 242
 
REFERENCES, 246
 
7. Dielectric and NMR Methods 249
 
A. DIELECTRIC METHODS, 249
 
1. Phenomenology, 250
 
2. Molecular Interpretation of Dielectric Constant, 257
 
3. Interfacial Polar

About the author

MONTGOMERY T. SHAW, PhD, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Among his books are the prior edition of Introduction to Polymer Viscoelasticity and Introduction to Polymer Rheology, both published by Wiley.

WILLIAM J. MACKNIGHT, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he was formerly the co-Principal Investigator for the Center for UMass/Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP). He has been a co-author for each edition of Introduction to Polymer Viscoelasticity, all published by Wiley.

Summary

- Erläutert die Prinzipien, zugehörigen Gleichungen und experimentelle Methoden, die durch praktische Anwendungen ergänzt werden. Begleitende Website mit weiteren hilfreichen Daten.
- Behandelt Messverfahren (Nanoindentation, Rasterkraftmikroskopie (AFM), Vielfachstreuung von Licht (Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy DWS)), die Viskoelastizität von Biopolymeren und den Zusammenhang zwischen den mechanischen Eigenschaften von Polymeren und viskoelastischen Funktionen.
- Beinhaltet zwei neue Abschnitte über moderne Bereiche von viskoelastischen Messungen: oszillatorische Scherung (Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear LAOS) und Mikrorheologie.
- Problemstellungen im Text. Ein Handbuch für Dozenten (mit Lösungen) ist verfügbar.
- Überaus positive Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage (CHOICE, Dezember 2005, und Polymer News Dezember 2005).
- Begleitende Website.

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