Physics of Rubber Elasticity

Description

This book provides a critical review of the equilibrium elastic properties of rubber, together with the kinetic-theory background. It is suitable for the non-specialist and the emphasis is on the physical reality embodied in the mathematical formulations. Polymer science had developed greatly since the Second Edition of this text in 1958, and the two main advances - refinements of the network theory and associated thermodynamic analysis, and the development of the phenomenological or non-molecular approach to the subject - are both reflected in the structure of this Third Edition. Content: Front Matter Prefaces • Table of Contents 1. General Physical Properties of Rubbers 2. Internal Energy and Entropy Changes on Deformation 3. The Elasticity of Long-Chain Molecules 4. The Elasticity of a Molecular Network 5. Experimental Examination of the Statistical Theory 6. Non-Gaussian Chain Statistics And Network Theory 7. Swelling Phenomena 8. Cross-Linking and Modulus 9. Photoelastic Properties of Rubbers 10. The General Strain: Phenomenological Theory 11. Alternative Forms of Strain-Energy Function 12. Large-Deformation Theory: Shear and Torsion 13. Thermodynamic Analysis of Gaussian Network • References Author Index Subject Index