A constitutive model for glassy polymers based on a chain orientation distribution function
Författare
Redaktör
- Akhtar Khan
Summary, in English
In this contribution a constitutive model for glassy polymers is developed. To incorporate the distribution of the polymer chains, a homogenization procedure involving a chain orientation distribution function is employed. During loading the polymer chains orient in a certain manner, leading to an evolution of the macroscopic anisotropic properties. This phenomenon is modeled by use of evolution equations for the polymer chains at the microscopic level.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
International Symposiym on Plasticity
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Förlag
Neat Plasticity
Ämne
- Mechanical Engineering
Status
Published