Mechanical Properties and Testing of Polymers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Accuracy and errors

   • G. M. Swallowe

   Pages 1-4

3. Adhesion of Elastomers

   • M. A. Ansarifar

   Pages 5-9

4. Adiabatic Shear Instability: Observations and Experimental Techniques

   • S. M. Walley

   Pages 10-14

5. Adiabatic Shear Instability: Theory

   • N. A. Fleck

   Pages 15-19

6. Alloys and Blends

   • D. J. Hourston

   Pages 20-22

7. Amorphous Polymers

   • A. R. Rennie

   Pages 23-24

8. Crazing

   • G. M. Swallowe

   Pages 25-28

9. Creep

   • D. R. Moore

   Pages 29-31

10. Crystalline Polymers

    • A. R. Rennie

    Pages 32-33

11. Crystallinity

    • G. M. Swallowe

    Pages 34-39

12. Ductile-Brittle Transition

    • G. M. Swallowe

    Pages 40-42

13. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Techniques and Complex Modulus

    • J. Duncan

    Pages 43-48

14. Electron Microscopy applied to the Study of Polymer Deformation

    • Athene M. Donald

    Pages 49-51

15. Environmental Effects

    • G. M. Swallowe

    Pages 52-56

16. Falling Weight Impact Tests

    • P. E. Reed

    Pages 57-60

17. Falling Weight Impact Testing Equipment

    • L. Warnet, P. E. Reed

    Pages 61-65

18. Falling Weight Impact Testing Principles

    • L. Warnet, P. E. Reed

    Pages 66-70

19. Fast fracture in polymers

    • P. S. Leevers

    Pages 71-74

20. Fatigue

    • E. J. Moskala

    Pages 75-80

This volume represents a continuation of the Polymer Science and Technology series edited by Dr. D. M. Brewis and Professor D. Briggs. The theme of the series is the production of a number of stand alone volumes on various areas of polymer science and technology. Each volume contains short articles by a variety of expert contributors outlining a particular topic and these articles are extensively cross referenced. References to related topics included in the volume are indicated by bold text in the articles, the bold text being the title of the relevant article. At the end of each article there is a list of bibliographic references where interested readers can obtain further detailed information on the subject of the article. This volume was produced at the invitation of Derek Brewis who asked me to edit a text which concentrated on the mechanical properties of polymers. There are already many excellent books on the mechanical properties of polymers, and a somewhat lesser number of volumes dealing with methods of carrying out mechanical tests on polymers. Some of these books are listed in Appendix 1. In this volume I have attempted to cover basic mechanical properties and test methods as well as the theory of polymer mechanical deformation and hope that the reader will find the approach useful.

• Elastomer
• Gel-Permeations-Chromatographie
• Hopkinson bar
• Polycarbonat
• Polymer
• alloy
• crystal
• electron microscopy
• fatigue
• fracture mechanics
• microscopy
• modeling
• neutron scattering

• Department of Physics, Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire, UK

  G. M. Swallowe

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