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The Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Mechanical Properties of Thermo- and/or Piezorheologically Simple Polymeric Materials in Thermodynamic Equilibrium – A Critical Review

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The mechanical properties of polymeric materials quite generally dependon time, i.e., on whether they are deformed rapidly or slowly. The timedependence is often remarkably large. The complete description of themechanical properties of a polymeric material commonly requires thatthey be traced through 10, 15, or even 20 decades of time. The class ofpolymeric materials referred to as thermorheologically and/orpiezorheologically simple materials allows use of the superposition ofthe effects of time and temperature and/or time and pressure in suchmaterials as a convenient means for extending the experimental timescale.

This paper presents a critical review of models proposed todescribe the effect of temperature and/or pressure on time-dependentthermorheologically and/or piezorheologically simple polymericmaterials. The emphasis here is on the theoretical aspects, althoughexperimental results are used as illustrations wherever appropriate.

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Tschoegl, N., Knauss, W.G. & Emri, I. The Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Mechanical Properties of Thermo- and/or Piezorheologically Simple Polymeric Materials in Thermodynamic Equilibrium – A Critical Review. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 6, 53–99 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014421519100

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