Mechanics of solid polymers.
13 blocks including exercises and final exam. Some homework will be assigned for each chapter.
¨ Introductory lecture
¨ From polymers structure to the properties
¨ Rubber, glass and crystalline states
¨ Glass transition
¨ Semi crystalline polymers (morphology, mechanisms of deformation)
¨ Linear viscoelasticity
¨ Molecular mobility, experiments
¨ Boltzmann superposition principle, Laplace transform
¨ Relaxation and retardation functions, rheological models, empirical laws
¨ Master curve
¨ Dynamic response
¨ Viscoplasticity (vitreous state)
¨ Finite elasticity (rubber state)
¨ Review of kinematics and equilibrium in the context of finite deformation
¨ Entropic elasticity
¨ Mechanical models
¨ Identification of a behaviour law
¨ Introduction to composite materials and laminates
Scaling concepts in polymer physics, P.-G. de Gennes, 1979
Mechanical properties of solid polymers, I. Ward, Wiley, 1983
Introduction to Polymers, R.J. Young P. A. Lovell, 1991
Viscoelastic solids, Lakes R. S., 1999
Physics and mechanics of amorphous polymers, Jo Perez, 1998
Mechanics/Polymer materials
Final exam