Title: Molecular rheology of concentrated polymer systems. I
Abstract:Abstract The primitive chain model of Doi and Edwards is generalized to include the short‐time relaxation process. Stress relaxation after a sudden imposition of strain is studied in detail. It is sho...Abstract The primitive chain model of Doi and Edwards is generalized to include the short‐time relaxation process. Stress relaxation after a sudden imposition of strain is studied in detail. It is shown that in the linear region (small strain) stress relaxation occurs in two steps, the relaxation of chain segments between the fixed entanglement points, and the relaxation of the entanglement points, in accordance with the conventional picture, whereas in the nonlinear region (large strain) there appears a new relaxation process between the above two. The characteristic time of this process is the Rouse relaxation time which the entire chain would have if there were no entanglements, and increases with the square of the molecular weight. This result is consistent with experimental observations.Read More
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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