Relaxation Phenomena in Polymers

This book guides the reader over the road which connects physics of polymer molecules to the engineering application. Ideas of intermolecular cooperativity, irreversible thermodynamics, relaxation mode coupling, free energy of stress invariants, viscoplasticity, and other difficult concepts are incorporated throughout the volume in the manner that a nonexpert in these theories can grasp and utilize them in practice. This book covers the glassy polymers, crystalline state, polymer melt and polymer solutions. A computer program in GWBASIC is included which predicts engineering properties of polymer solids from the stress-strain data. The book should be of interest to not only polymer engineers, but to academic readers and students as it covers the fundamentals of relaxation, morphology, rheology, thermodynamics, fracture, solution, glass transition, and physical aging.Matsuoka, Shiro is the author of 'Relaxation Phenomena in Polymers', published 2006 under ISBN 9780195209570 and ISBN 0195209575.