This review is about the fundamentals and practical issues in applying both heating and
solvent responsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) for implant biomedical devices via …

The low recovery stress has limited utilizing shape-memory polymers (SMPs) as actuators.
In this work, we demonstrate that the resultant recovery stress of amorphous SMPs can be …

Polylactide (PLA) films with an excellent balance of toughness and stiffness were realized by
extensional stress efficiently. For the relatively low extensional stress, gauche–gauche …

Glassy polymers exhibit a strong thermomechanical coupling when subjected to mechanical
loading. A homogeneous strain distribution can be achieved in uniaxial compression …

Tensile tests are often used as part of material characterisation strategies; however, the
observed deformation is often complex, and it can be difficult to distinguish the underlying …

This study delves into the crucial aspect of sample preparation methodology and its
profound impact on characterizing the physical and mechanical properties of components …

The compressive mechanical behavior of composite modified double base (CMDB)
propellant was investigated across a wide scope of strain rates ranging from 10− 3 s− 1 to …

The rate-and temperature-dependence of the macro-yield behavior, as one of the important
concerns for the investigation and application of amorphous glassy polymers, is very …

In this work, we perform a series of tests to characterize the mechanical properties of
polystyrene foam (EPS), including uniaxial compression tests, uniaxial tension tests and …

A series of uniaxial compression tests are performed on amorphous thermoplastics poly
(ethylene terephthalate)-glycol (PETG). The stress response shows a dramatic change with …