Constitutive equations for thermomechanical deformations of glassy polymers

DOI10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.08.006zbMath1183.74010MaRDI QIDQ2381070

A. G. Varghese, Romesh C. Batra

Publication date: 29 March 2010

Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.08.006

zbMATH Keywords

material softening; high strain rate; material models; thermo-viscoplasticity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

74F05: Thermal effects in solid mechanics

74A20: Theory of constitutive functions in solid mechanics

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