Accession Number:
AD0739857
Title:
A New Model for the Dynamic Behavior of Elastomeric Materials.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. Jun 70-Sep 71,
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE MATERIALS LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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Report Date:
1971-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
47.0
Abstract:
A mathematical model describing the dynamic behavior of rubber or elastomeric materials was developed. It is based on Florys concept of the rotational isomeric state model of polymer chains. With a unit step strain applied to the material, each polymer chain is assumed to go from an unrelaxed initial configuration to a fully relaxed equilibrium state at a rate described by a non-linear first-order differential equation. The differential equation is derived by assuming that the relaxation rate is proportional to a probability function, namely, the probability that the elastic and thermal energy present in the chain is greater than or equal to a critical value. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Elastomers and Rubber