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AMORPHOUS POLYMERS
Log E
(Pa) Glassy
region
10
9 Measured over
8 Some arbitrary
7 Time period - say
10 secs
Cross-linked
6 elastomers
Rubbery
5 plateau
4 Low
molecular Melt
weight
3
Temperature
TIME TEMPERATURE EQUIVALENCE
Log E
(Pa) Glassy
10
region
10 sec modulus
9
8
Glassy
7 region
Cross-linked
6 elastomers
10 Transition
Rubbery
5 plateau
Low High
Stretch sample an arbitrary 4
molecular
weight
molecular
weight
Amount, then measure the - 10 -8 -6 -2 0 +2
-4
Stress required to maintain Log time (sec)
τ(t)
Relaxation modulus G(t) = _γ
0 1_
γ(t) G(t) =
J(t)
Creep compliance J(t) = _
τ0
Strain
Retarded
elastic
response
Elastic
response Permanent
deformation
t1 t2 Time (t)
applied removed
SIMPLE MODELS OF THE VISCOELASTIC
BEHAVIOUR OF AMORPHOUS POLYMERS
While stress relaxation data
look something like this
Glassy
region
10 Transition
Low High
molecular molecular
4 weight weight
- 10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2
Log time (sec)
SIMPLE MODELS OF THE VISCOELASTIC
BEHAVIOUR OF AMORPHOUS POLYMERS
Extension
Hooke's law
l0
σ = Eε
∆l Spring
Model
σ
SIMPLE MODELS OF THE VISCOELASTIC
BEHAVIOUR OF AMORPHOUS POLYMERS
Viscous flow
Newtonian fluid
.
τ xy= ηγ
v0
v
y
Dashpot
Model
STRAIN VS. TIME FOR SIMPLE
MODELS
MODELS
E η
Spring Dashpot
Strain
RESPONSE
t1 t2 t1 t2
MAXWELL MODEL
Maxwell was interested in creep and stress relaxation and
developed a differential equation to describe these properties
Creep and
recovery
_ = σ
E
dε _
dt η 0 t Time
η
Strain
dσ
_ =σ
_ dt 0
σ η -1
Hence
( )
Er -2
log
σ = σ 0 exp[-t/τ t ]
E0
-3
Where -4
τt = η
_ -5
Ε
Relaxation time
-6
-2 -1 0 1
log τt
MAXWELL MODEL -stress relaxation
0
Maxwell model -1
( )
Er -2
log
E0
-3
-4
Glassy
region -5
10 Transition -6
-2 -1 0 1
log τt
Log E (t) (dynes cm- )
2
Rubbery
8 plateau
something like
Low High
molecular molecular
4 weight weight
- 10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2
this
Log time (sec)