The Statistical Nature of Strength and Lifetime in Polymer Films and Fibers

by Bronya Tsoi

Overview

This monograph is an updated and extended edition of Strength and Fracture of Polymer Films, which was published in Russian in 1999. It presents the results of long-term theoretical and experimental studies of brittle and quasi-brittle fracture of solid polymers. The principal results of a comprehensive and detailed investigation of the statistical

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ISBN-13:	9781040195413
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	498
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Table of Contents

FOREWORD to English version, FOREWORD to Russian Edition, INTRODUCTION, Chapter 1. STRENGTH AND FRACTURE OF POLYMERS, Chapter 2. STRUCTURAL DISCRETENESS AND DEFECTS OF POLYMERS, Chapter 3. METHODS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF FRACTURE AND CALCULATION OF STRENGTH OF POLYMERS, Chapter 4. STRENGTH STATES OF POLYMERS, Chapter 5. STRENGTH AND FRACTURE OF THE BULK POLYMER MATERIALS, Chapter 6. DISCRETE STRENGTH SPECTRUM AND FRACTURE OF POLYMER FIBERS, Chapter 7. DISCRETE STRENGTH SPECTRUM AND FRACTURE OF THIN POLYMER FILMS, Chapter 8. DISCRETE SPECTRA AND CORRELATION BETWEEN FRACTURE MECHANISMS OF POLYMERS, Chapter 9. DISCRETE STRENGTH SPECTRUM AND CORRELATION BETWEEN FRACTURE AND ELECTROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, Chapter 10. DISCRETE STRENGTH LEVELS, THERMOFLUCTUATION, RELAXATION, AND STATISTICAL NATURE OF SCATTER IN EXPERIMENTAL DATA, Chapter 11. PREDICTION, STABILIZATION, AND MODIFICATION OF SERVICE PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS FROM DISCRETE STRENGTH SPECTRUM AND RELAXATION SPECTROMETRY, AUTHORS, REFERENCES

Editorial Reviews

'...It is a highly theoretical and mathematical treatment of brittle and quasi-brittle fracture of solid polymers. Many of the papers in the 582 references have been published heretofore only in Russian. The research of numerous Russian chemical physicists is summarized and set in a historical context that includes the work of several distinguished non- Russian scientists.'... D.M. Wiles, Polymer News, 2005.

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