Memory and recovery effects in the strain hardening regime of glassy polymers: theory and simulations
Abstract
a tensile test followed by a compression, or the reverse. We show here that the same model allows for interpreting and explaining memory effects in complex deformation histories as regard the distribution of relaxation times, the evolution of tangent delta measured by dielectric spectroscopy and the kinetics of recovery of the reference curve as a function of the waiting time and allows for the interpretation of recent experimental results obtained by small probes reorientation dynamics and dielectric spectroscopy.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Material Dynamics and Properties
Polymer crystallization and properties
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Soft Matter
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 967–978
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN