7. Glossary

Complaisance d'équilibre; steady-state equilibrium compliance

Complacency associated with the recoverable elastic component in a viscoelastic fluid in stationary flow.

Chain dynamics

Study of phenomena linked to molecular movement in polymers.

Elasticity

Mechanical behavior in which stress induces a deformation that is completely recovered when the solllicitation ceases.

Entanglement; entanglement

Place where polymer chains interact with each other in the form of a localized node or loop, leading to the formation of a temporary network structure.

Time-temperature equivalence; time-temperature superposition

Principle for specifying the temperature dependence of linear...