Abstract
Structural relaxation, which is generally called physical aging by polymer scientists, has been a subject of intense interest for decades to manufacturers of inorganic glasses. Glasses used in optics must be extremely homogeneous, so density fluctuations must be minimized through annnealing; moreover, their brittleness necessitates carful management of stresses. Therefore, the relaxation behavior of inorganic glasses, including the influence of structural relaxation on stress relaxation, has been closely studied, and a very successful phenomenological theory has been developed. This paper briefly reviews the foundation of the theory, and illustrate its application in stress analysis in composites.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Engineering