<i>The Physics of Rubber Elasticity</i>

Abstract

1. General Physical Properties of Rubber 2. Internal Energy and Entropy Changes on Deformation 3. The Elasticity of Long-Chain Molecules 4. The Elasticity of a Molecular Network 5Ex5 Experimental Examination of the Statistical Theory 6. Non-Gaussian Chain Statistics and Network Theory 7. Swelling Phenomena 8. Cross-linking and Modulus 9. Photoelastic Properties of Rubbers 10. The General Strain: Phenomenological Theory 11. Alternative Forms of Strain-Energy Function 12. Large-Deformation Theory: Shear and Torsion 13. Thermodynamic Analysis of Gaussian Network