The Physics of Rubber Elasticity

L.R.G. Treloar Department of Polymer and Fibre Science UMIST PO Box 88 Manchester M60 1QD

1. General Physical Properties of Rubber ; 2. Internal Energy and Entropy Changes on Deformation ; 3. The Elasticity of Long-Chain Molecules ; 4. The Elasticity of a Molecular Network ; 5Ex5 Experimental Examination of the Statistical Theory ; 6. Non-Gaussian Chain Statistics and Network Theory ; 7. Swelling Phenomena ; 8. Cross-linking and Modulus ; 9. Photoelastic Properties of Rubbers ; 10. The General Strain: Phenomenological Theory ; 11. Alternative Forms of Strain-Energy Function ; 12. Large-Deformation Theory: Shear and Torsion ; 13. Thermodynamic Analysis of Gaussian Network