Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-05-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
27 pages, 14 figures
Scientific paper
The time-dependent response of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) is studied in isothermal long-term shear creep tests at small strains and various temperatures in the vicinity of the glass transition point. A micromechanical model is derived to describe the experimental results. Constitutive equations are developed under the assumption that the behavior of amorphous polymers is governed by two micro-mechanisms: rearrangement of cooperatively relaxing regions (CRR) reflects the viscoelastic response, whereas displacement of CRRs with respect to each other is responsible for the anelastic response. It is demonstrated that some critical temperature exists slightly above the glass transition temperature, where the dependences of adjustable parameters on temperature are dramatically changed. The critical temperature is associated with transition from dynamic heterogeneity in amorphous polymers to static inhomogeneity.
Drozdov Aleksey D.
Kaschta Joachim
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