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Trapped entanglements in rubbers. A unification of models

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Higgs, Paul G. and Ball, Robin. (1989) Trapped entanglements in rubbers. A unification of models. Europhysics Letters (EPL), Vol.8 (No.4). pp. 357-361. ISSN 0295-5075

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/8/4/010

Abstract

An expression for the contribution of trapped entanglements to stress in a cross-linked polymer network is obtained using a slip-link model. This is intended as a simplified alternative to the replica calculation (Ball et al.), and is a more exact treatment of the "hoop" model (Adolf) and a generalization of the "belt-loop" model (Kosc). We discuss the relationship between slip-link and tube models and consider under what circumstances the two ideas are equivalent.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Physics

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Polymer networks, Viscoelasticity

Journal or Publication Title:

Europhysics Letters (EPL)

Publisher:

Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.