Ebook: An introduction to the mechanical properties of solid polymers

Structure of Polymers -- The Deformation of an Elastic Solid -- Rubber-like Elasticity -- Principles of Linear Viscoelasticity -- The measurement of viscoelastic behaviour -- Experimental Studies of Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour as a Function of Frequency and Temperature: Time-Temperature Equivalence -- Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour -- Polymer Composites: Macroscale and Microscale -- Relaxation Transitions: Experimental Behaviour and Molecular Interpretation -- Creep, Stress Relaxation and Non-linear Viscoelasticity -- Yielding and Instability in Polymers -- Breaking Phenomena