Application of the theory of creep stability to polymer materials

The buckling and loss of stability of a rod made from a nonlinear viscous-elastic polymer material are studied with due allowance for instantaneous nonlinear strains. The case of a hinge-fixed rod is considered for various initial deflections.Scientific-Research Institute of Mechanics of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 98–104, January–February, 1972.