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Molecular modelling of high performance polymers
Author(s) -
Deazle A. S.,
Hamerton I.,
Heald C. R.,
Howlin B. J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0126(199610)41:2<151::aid-pi604>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - epoxy , polymer , linear polymer , materials science , polymer science , constant (computer programming) , thermodynamics , statistical physics , computer science , composite material , physics , programming language
Progress on the molecular modelling of polymers is described based on examples studied in our laboratory. Simulation of the physico‐mechanical properties of a linear epoxy resin, a linear polyarylethersulphone and two network‐forming polycyanurates are described. The simulated constants are compared in all instances to experimentally determined constants to provide a means of assessing the accuracy of the simulations. Reasonable constants can be produced for the examples cited from simulation using relatively unsophisticated models.