Introduction to Polymer Viscoelasticity

✍ Scribed by Montgomery T. Shaw, William J. MacKnight

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 555
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition of this classic text continues to offer the reader a thorough understanding of viscoelastic behavior, essential for the proper utilization of polymers.

• Explains principles, corresponding equations, and experimental methods with supporting real-life applications
• Adds coverage of measurement techniques (nano-indentation, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS)), biopolymer viscoelasticity, and the relationship between mechanical polymer properties and viscoelastic functions
• Has two new ections to address modern areas of viscoelastic measurement: large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) and microrheology
• Includes problems in the text and an Instructor’s Manual (including solutions) available for adopting professors
• Prior edition reviews: "The book is clear written and…[is] appropriate for students in introductory undergraduate courses and for others wanting introduction to the fundamentals of the subject." (CHOICE, December 2005); "This book is invariably well written, logically organized and easy to follow...I highly recommend this book to anyone studying polymer viscoelasticity." (Polymer News, December 2005)

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
About the Companion Website
Chapter 1: Introduction
PROBLEMS
GENERAL REFERENCE TEXTS
REFERENCES
Chapter 2: Phenomenological Treatment of Viscoelasticity
A. ELASTIC MODULUS
1. LINEAR‐MOTION GEOMETRIES
REFERENCES
Chapter 3: Viscoelastic Models
A. MECHANICAL ELEMENTS
B. DISTRIBUTIONS OF RELAXATION AND RETARDATION TIMES
C. MOLECULAR THEORIES—THE ROUSE MODEL
D. APPLICATIONS OF FLEXIBLE‐CHAIN MODELS TO SOLUTIONS
E. THE ZIMM MODIFICATION
F. EXTENSION TO BULK POLYMER
G. REPTATION
APPENDIX 3‐1: MANIPULATION OF THE ROUSE MATRIX
PROBLEMS
REFERENCES
Chapter 4: Time–Temperature Correspondence
A. FOUR REGIONS OF VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR
B. TIME–TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION
C. MASTER CURVES
D. THE WLF EQUATION
E. MOLECULAR INTERPRETATION OF VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE
PROBLEMS
REFERENCES
Chapter 5: Transitions and Relaxation in Amorphous Polymers
A. PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE GLASS TRANSITION
B. THEORIES OF THE GLASS TRANSITION
C. STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE GLASS TRANSITION
D. RELAXATIONS IN THE GLASSY STATE
E. RELAXATION PROCESSES IN NETWORKS
F. BIOPOLYMER VISCOELASTICITY
PROBLEMS
REFERENCES
Chapter 6: Elasticity of Rubbery Networks
1. DERIVATION
2. ENERGY CONTRIBUTION
1. EFFECT OF DEGREE OF CROSSLINKing
2. EFFECT OF SWELLING
3. EFFECT OF FILLERs
4. EFFECT OF STRAIN‐INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION
PROBLEMS
REFERENCES
Chapter 7: Dielectric and NMR Methods
A. DIELECTRIC METHODS
B. NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHODS
PROBLEMS
REFERENCES
Answers to Selected Problems
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
List of Major Symbols
List of Files on the Website
INTRODUCTION
LIST OF FILES
Author Index
Subject Index
End User License Agreement