Chemical Engineering Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Department of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
Abstract:
The predictions of several entanglement models of rubber elasticity for the uniaxial stress-strain response of crosslinked polymer networks are examined. It is found that the Gaylord tube model and the Flory constrained junction fluctuation model both agree well with the experimental data.