Regularities in the variation of the rate of stepped creep in polyethylene with different supermolecular structure |
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Authors: | N N Peschanskaya P N Yakushev L P Myasnikova V A Marikhin M J Jacobs |
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Institution: | (1) A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia;(2) Eindhoven Technological Institute, Netherland |
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Abstract: | The study of stepped creep, previously discovered with micron-size deformation increments (ɛ) of polymers, in the form of a variation of the rate near the average value is continued. A scheme based on a laser interferometer
was used to record the creep; this made it possible to perform precise measurements. Attention was focused on the degree of
scatter of the rate h in the process of deformation of polyethylene fibers. It is shown that the creep rate of textured fibers is extremely nonuniform
and pulsates continuously, forming beats of different periods, i.e., deformation jumps of different height. The ratio of h of the highest to the lowest rate for arbitrarily chosen small increments of the deformation has a maximum near the start
of the “flow” stage and prior to fracture. The h-ɛ curve shifts along the deformation scale as the polymer structure changes, but the form of the curve and the overall level
of h change very little. It is also established that the value of h for identical deformations is higher in more highly oriented polymers, and the value of h is higher in cross-linked structures than in unmodified structures. It is proposed that h reflects not only the deformation heterogeneity, but also influences crack formation during the creep process.
Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 580–585 (March 1997) |
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