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Effect of Physical Aging on the Creep Deformation of an Epoxy Resin

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This paper is concerned with an experimental study of the theinfluence of physical aging and temperature on the creep deformation ofepoxy resin. Master curves for various aging conditions were found tocollapse into a single smooth curve corresponding to a reference agingcondition after suitable horizontal translation. It is proposed that theresulting curve be designated the ‘master-master curve’ and thecorresponding time scale the ‘reduced-reduced time’. In addition, theamount of horizontal translation, the aging parameter, can be used toestimate the aging process. We have also shown that there is one-to-onecorrespondence between the aging parameter and polymer density.

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  1. Materials System Research Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 3-1 Yatsukaho, Matto, Ishikawa, 924-0838, Japan

    Yasushi Miyano

  2. Materials System Research Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 3-1 Yatsukaho, Matto, Ishikawa, 924-0838, Japan

    Masayuki Nakada

  3. Industrial Research Institute of Ishikawa, Ro-1 Tomizu-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-0223, Japan

    Masato Kasamori

  4. Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1593, U.S.A.

    Rokuro Muki

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Miyano, Y., Nakada, M., Kasamori, M. et al. Effect of Physical Aging on the Creep Deformation of an Epoxy Resin. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 4, 9–20 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009812115971

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