Classical models based on the thermodynamics of irreversible process with internal
variables dedicated to the inelastic analysis of metallic structures are modified and then …

In order to clarify the mechanical behavior of molecular chains in amorphous polymers, a
molecular dynamics simulation is conducted on a nanoscopic specimen of amorphous …

To represent the elasto-viscoplastic deformation behavior of semi-crystalline polymer (SCP),
which has a complicated hierarchical structure, a micro-, meso-to macroscopic …

The dynamic mechanical behavior of carbon-black-filled vulcanized natural rubber is
experimentally investigated by stretching the rubber strips with various strain amplitudes at …

The molecular chain network model for elastic deformation behavior and the reptation theory
for viscoelastic deformation behavior are used to derive a constitutive equation for rubber …

The purpose of the present article is to provide a perspective of constitutive equations for
glassy polymers developed using the molecular chain network theory. The results of …

We investigate the characteristic deformation behavior of rubber with carbon black (CB)
filler. The deformation behaviors of a plane strain rubber unit cell containing CB fillers under …

We present a micro-mechanical model based on the network theory for the description of the
elastic response of rubber-like materials at large strains. The material microstructure is …

In the present study, we clarify the micro-to mesoscopic deformation behavior of
semicrystalline polymers by the finite element homogenization method. The crystalline …

In this paper, the new concept of a “molecular chain slip system” is analogically proposed on
the basis of crystal plasticity theory for metals, and a molecular chain plasticity model that …