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The mechanical and optical characterization of a solithane 113 composition

Test program indicates that viscoelastic transition region of urethane-rubber compound used by authors spans about six decades of logarithmic time, somewhat narrower than for other materials of the urethane family

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A complete mechanical and optical characterization is obtained from constant-strain-rate tests for a typical Solithane 113 composition, a urethane-rubber compound having high birefringent sensitivity and excellent optical-transmission properties. Its viscoelastic transition region is found to span about six decades of logarithmic time, somewhat narrower than for other materials of the urethane family.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

    R. J. Arenz (Research Fellow)

  2. Missile and Space Systems Division, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, Calif.

    C. W. Ferguson (Principal Engineer)

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  1. R. J. Arenz
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  2. C. W. Ferguson
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M. L. Williams was Professor, California Institute of Technology, when paper was prepared; is now Dean, College of Engineering, University of Utah.

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Arenz, R.J., Ferguson, C.W. & Williams, M.L. The mechanical and optical characterization of a solithane 113 composition. Experimental Mechanics 7, 183–188 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326404

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