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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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On oscillatory necking in polymers


Authors: B. J. Matkowsky and G. I. Sivashinsky
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 37 (1979), 23-34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/99637
MathSciNet review: QAM99637
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Abstract: The phenomenon of oscillatory necking in the stretching of polyethylene films is described. We propose an extension of a model of Barenblatt for isothermic necking in polymers, and we show that oscillatory necking may arise, for example, in polymers for which the effect of diffusion of stresses exceeds that of diffusion of oriented material. In such polymers, at sufficiently low temperatures, uniform necking is no longer stable and self-oscillations are observed.


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