Predicting the deformation characteristics of polymer materials

Theoretical methods of predicting the deformation characteristics of polymers are considered. The principles of reduced variables are examined. The relation between characteristics functions of polymers is analyzed. A prediction method is considered for polymers; the method is based upon the use of macroscopical mechanical models having a basis in terms of physics.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 2, pp. 147–152, March–April, 1973.