Strain induced plastic-rubber transition

Strain-Induced Plastic-to-Rubber Transition of a SBS Block Copolymer and Its Blend with PS... 

The blended specimen exhibits similar strain-induced plastic-to-rubber transition or the strain softening, as clearly seen in Figure 2. 

Figure 10. Representation of the deformation processes involved in the strain-induced plastic-to-rubber transition (29)...

Second, the strain-softening phenomenon of a styrene-butadiene-styrene tri-block copolymer and its blend with polystyrene both having alternating lamellar microdomains of the two components i.e., "strain-induced plastic-to-rubber transition" is investigat-d in terms of change of the alternating lamellar microdomains to fragmented sty-... 

Fig. 10 summarizes schematically the structure changes occuring in the strain-induced plastic-to-rubber transition. The change in structure from (a) to (b) illustrates the initial stage of deformation of the microdomain up to the yield point, as observed in the expansion of the lamellar spacing... 

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