Prediction of Frozen-In Birefringence in Oriented Glassy Polymers Using a Molecularly Aware Constitutive Model Allowing for Finite Molecular Extensibility

A study has been made of birefringence in oriented glassy polystyrene. The aim was to develop a methodology for the prediction of birefringence in glassy polymers with frozen-in molecular orientation. The predictive approach employed was to use a recently proposed constitutive model, consisting of a...

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Main Authors: De Focatiis, D, Buckley, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011