A model of a nematic elastomer in the form of a chain whose links are in one of the two possible states is suggested. For such a two-component system an exact expression of the configuration integral with unknown single-particle potentials of mean forces is obtained. Within the framework of the approximation of a self-coordinated field, physically justified approximations that allowed one to calculate the extension curves at different temperatures have been introduced for them.
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Translated from Inzhenerno- Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. 999–1003, September–October, 2009.
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Belov, V.V., Nemtsov, V.B. Statistical model of the extension of elastomers. J Eng Phys Thermophy 82, 1008–1013 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-009-0268-8
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