The biodegradability and mechanical properties of polysaccharides are dependent on their
architecture (linear or branched) as well as their crystallinity (size of crystals and crystallinity …

A large deformation viscoelastic-viscoplastic (VE-VP) constitutive framework is proposed for
polymers. It is generic assuming isotropy and isothermal conditions and is developed with …

Here we extend the investigation described in the preceding companion communication. To
rectify its notch brittleness, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was modified by rigid …

A micromechanically based constitutive model for the elasto-viscoplastic deformation and
texture evolution of semi-crystalline polymers is developed. The model idealizes the …

In this work, the large deformation behaviour under monotonic loading and unloading of a
high density polyethylene (HDPE) is studied. To analyze the nonlinear time-dependent …

The mechanical response of rubber-modified high density polyethylene (HDPE) was
investigated. The rubbers were either ethylene–propylene copolymers (EPDM) or ethylene …

The double yield (DY) phenomenon observed in a wide variety of semi-crystalline polymers
(SCP) adds difficulties in the material characterization. In this paper, a constitutive model …

A visco-hyperelastic constitutive model, based on an original approach initially developed
by (Billon, 2012) and applied to amorphous rubbery polymers for a one-dimensional …

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

The improvement of strength and durability in polymers has implications relevant to
industrial, medical, and household applications. Enhanced by the improved knowledge of …