Abstract
In this Part I, of a two-part paper, we present a detailed continuum-mechanical development of a thermo-mechanically coupled elasto-viscoplasticity theory to model the strain rate and temperature dependent large-deformation response of amorphous polymeric materials. Such a theory, when further specialized (Part II) should be useful for modeling and simulation of the thermo-mechanical response of components and structures made from such materials, as well as for modeling a variety of polymer processing operations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1474-1494 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | International Journal of Plasticity |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
- Amorphous polymers
- Large deformations
- Thermo-mechanically coupled
- Viscoplasticity