Theory of Mechanical Breakdown and Molecular Orientation of a Model Linear High-Polymer Solid
- 1 October 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 30 (10) , 1492-1497
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1734988
Abstract
A phenomenological theory of the molecular orientation dependence of mechanical breakdown phenomena is presented for a model linear high‐polymer solid. Taking into account the variation of the volume a general microscopic molecular model is first introduced. After simplification an approximation is considered. For one‐directional orientation the result indicates a rapid increase in the fracture strength as the degree of molecular orientation increases. The maximum fracture strength is found to increase to nearly six times the unoriented strength.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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