Grain deformation

Starkweather H.W., Cocrystallization and polymer miscibility, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 25, 139, 1980. Seguela R. and Pmd homme J., Affinity of grain deformation in mesomorphic block polymers submitted to simple elongation. Macromolecules, 21, 635, 1988. 

Figure 1. Relative increase of boundary area as a function of strain for a cubic grain deformed by different techniques. (

In this situation, Ashby and Verrall considered a group of four grains deformed at constant pressure and stress. During this flow, four irreversible processes took place ... 

Segu61a R and Prud hoinme J (1988) Affinity of Grain Deformation in Mesomorphic Block Polymers Submitted to Simple Elongation, Macromolecules 21 635-643. 

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