ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The buckling of a fiber with a fibrillar microstructure is examined in light of all possible buckling modes. Parametric studies are done at variously assumed morphological levels, from a fibril down to a molecular chain, and it is shown that the buckling mode could, be different depending on the dimensional level of the individual buckling unit and the degree of interaction between the buckling elements. It is argued that fibrillar, instability is the principal reason for the low compressive strength of rigid-rod polymeric fibers, and alternative approaches to improve the degree of interaction between the fibrils are considered.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760331407
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