Trans Tech Publications, Solid State Phenomena, (188), p. 211-218, 2012
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.188.211
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When subjected to external loading, polymeric materials behave in a manner intermediate between elastic solids and viscous fluids. Their mechanical properties depend on a material’s viscous flow, which, in turn, is influenced by (i) temperature, with its different magnitudes determining a ductile or brittle behaviour and (ii) time, through the effect of a deformation rate and long-term relaxation. Short-term viscoelastic properties (loss and storage moduli) of a studied semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer were obtained using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, while its long-term viscoelastic properties (compliances) were determined using creep tests.