Course: Polymer physics

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Course title Polymer physics
Course code TUVI/TWEFP
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hausnerová Berenika, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Rheology (viscosity of polymer melts - Newton law, power-law; viscosity as a function of molecular weight, temperature, pressure, influence of additives and viscosity modifiers, evaluation of rheological functions, corrections of shear stress and shear rate, other rheological functions - normal stress differences, elongational viscosity, stress overshot, yield stress, flow instabilities and their elimination, modelling of flow curves - Ellis, De Kee, Carreau, Bingham, Casson). - Elasticity (deformation of solids, linear elasticity, mechanical properties). - Rubber elasticity (thermodynamics of the elastic deformation, elastic parameters and molecular structure, stress-strain curve, Mooney-Rivlin equation, statistic theory). - Viscoelasticity (Kelvin, Maxwell, Tucket model, Boltzman superposition, relaxation and retardation spectra, dynamic viscoelastic properties).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Individual work of students
  • Preparation for examination - 100 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Fundamental knowledge of macromolecular chemistry, physical and analytical chemistry, and polymer processing science.
Fundamental knowledge of macromolecular chemistry, physical and analytical chemistry, and polymer processing science.
learning outcomes
The student has the knowledge about theoretical background for the methods establishing the importatnt properties of polymeric materials and their behaviour.
The student has the knowledge about theoretical background for the methods establishing the importatnt properties of polymeric materials and their behaviour.
teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Carreau, P.J., De Kee, D.C.R., Chhabra, R.P. Rheology of Polymeric Systems. Munchen : Hanser Publishers, 1997.
  • Sperling L. H. Introduction to Physical Polymer Science. 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2005.
  • Vlachopoulos, J. Introduction to Polymer Processing. Hamilton : McMaster University, 1993.
  • Wein, O. Úvod do reologie. Brno : Malé Centrum, 1996. ISBN 80-238-0928-8.


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