Focus Session: Mechanical Properties: Deformation, Rupture and Failure

Presentations

• Shock Wave Theory for Rupture of Rubber

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2006, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2006, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Michael Marder

    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics/Dept. of Physics
    • Physics Department, University of Texas

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• Tuning the Adhesion of Soft Elastomers with Topographic Patterns

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2006, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alfred Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts
    • University of Massachusetts, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Edwin Chan

    • University of Massachusetts
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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• Finite Element Calculations Using a New Constitutive Model for the Chemical Aging of Rubber

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2006, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Joanne Budzien

  • David Lo

  • John G. Curro

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Dana Rottach

    • University of New Mexico

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• Effect of chain bridging on mechanical properties of lamellae-forming block copolymers

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2006, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Alhad Phatak

  • Lisa Lim

  • Cletis Reaves

  • Frank Bates

    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota
    • University of Minnesota

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• Probing the Contact and Sliding of Elastomer/Polymer Interfaces

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2006, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Betul Yurdumakan

    • The University of Akron

  • Kumar Nanjundiah

    • The University of Akron

  • Ali Dhinojwala

    • The University of Akron

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• Mesoscopic Random Lattice Models of Rupture in Rubber

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2006, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • David Reynolds

  • Michael Marder

    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• Annealing History Dependence of Young's Modulus in Thin Polymer Films Using an Axi-symmetric Peel Test Apparatus

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2006, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Adam N. Raegen

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    • Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University

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• Contributions to the Adhesion of Glassy Polymers from Radical Recombination and Segmental Interpenetration at Elevated Temperatures

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2006, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Murat Guvendiren

  • Michelle Lefebvre

  • Christine Dettmer

  • Sonbinh Nguyen

  • Kenneth Shull

    • Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

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• Adhesion and Spatial Distribution of Water in the Presence of Moisture: Surface Chemistry Affects.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2006, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Chrisopher White

  • Bryan Vogt

  • Emmett O’Brien

  • Wen-li Wu

    • NIST
    • Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• Quantifying Ballistic Armor Performance: A Minimally Invasive Approach

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2006, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Gale Holmes

  • Jaehyun Kim

  • William Blair

  • Walter McDonough

  • Chad Snyder

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• Measurement of the Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2006, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Yan Meng

  • Sindee Simon

    • Texas Tech University

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• Influence of Physical Aging on the Mechanical Properties of a Random Polypropylene-Polyethylene Copolymer

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2006, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Samuel Amanuel

    • Materials Science and Engineering

  • Xiaofeng Chen

    • Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Rahmi Ozisik

    • Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
    • Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Materials Science and Engineering

  • Sanford S. Sternstein

    • Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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• Fracture versus cavitation in probe-tack geometry: theory and experiments

  ORAL

  March 16, 2006, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2006, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Pascale Fabre

    • CRPP-CNRS 115 av. Dr. Schweitzer F-33600 Pessac

  • J\'er\'emie Teisseire

  • Fr\'ed\'eric Nallet

  • Cyprien Gay

    • CRPP-CNRS

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