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The Use of Time-Temperature Superposition Techniques to Forecast Creep Behavior in Engineering Plastics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

B. J. Overton ,
C. R. Taylor  and
J. W. Shea
B. J. Overton
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, Georgia 30071
C. R. Taylor
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, Georgia 30071
J. W. Shea
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, Georgia 30071
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Abstract

A complete understanding of the time-temperature dependent, viscoelastic mechanical properties of polymeric materials is essential for their successful application to engineering designs. We describe a computer-based system for acquiring, reducing and storing the mechanical properties of polymers, from which the useful forms of the mechanical characteristics may easily be reproduced and compared. We provide several examples illustrating the variety of ways in which these properties are utilized to forecast the performance of polymeric components of engineering designs under extreme field conditions.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 142: Symposium U – Nondestructive Monitoring of Materials Properties , 1988 , 203
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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