Syllabus
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERSDeformation of polymers and their molecular mechanismsElastic (elastic) deformationViscous flowViscoelastic (delayed elastic) deformationPlastic (non-viscoelastic) deformation
REOLOGICAL MODELS OF VISCOELASTIC BODIES
Kelvin-Voigt model; creep, recoveryMaxwell model; stress relaxationTuckett's combined model
REOLOGICAL MODELS OF DYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS
Dynamic creepDynamic stress relaxationComplex modulus and complex viscosityLinear viscoelasticity, Boltzmann's superposition principlePrinciple superposition time-temperature
POLYMER COMPOSITESComposites with continuous fibersComposites with short fibersParticle Composites
THERMODYNAMICS OF BULK POLYMERSThermodynamic description of amorphous polymersRepetition of basic statistical-thermodynamic postulatesStatistical thermodynamics of the polymer chainTheorem of corresponding states - applications on polymersThermodynamics of mixtures of amorphous polymers (polymer blends)Thermodynamic aspects of crystallization of polymers
Annotation
Advanced course for students of Physical Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, in which classification, terminology, theories, experimental approaches and methods, practical aspects of physical properties, and the structure-to-properties relations of polymers are discussed.