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Stress Drops Associated with Surface Crack Formation in Photo-aged Polypropylene during Three-Point Bending
Kazuya Haremaki, Yusuke Koide, Takashi Uneyama +2
The paper studies how UV‑induced aging creates a depth‑dependent embrittlement in polypropylene, causing discrete stress drops during three‑point bending when the aged surface is u…
A Generalized Mechanical Model for the Cycle Rank Dependence of Stretch at Break in Phantom Chain Star Polymer Networks
Yuichi Masubuchi, Takato Ishida, Takashi Uneyama
A simple mechanical model was recently proposed to explain the universality of stretch at break (λ_b) as a function of cycle-rank density (ξ) in phantom-chain network simulations…
Statistics of rupture in phantom chain network simulations
Yuichi Masubuchi, Takato Ishida, Takashi Uneyama
Phantom chain simulations have shown that the mean rupture properties of star polymer networks collapse onto master curves against the cycle rank density . This study revisits…
Relation between extensional viscosity and polymer conformation in dilute polymer solutions
Yusuke Koide, Takato Ishida, Takashi Uneyama +1
We investigate extensional viscosity and polymer conformation in dilute polymer solutions under uniaxial extensional flow using dissipative particle dynamics simulations. At high e…
Effects of Stirring Time on Formation of Microplastics Fragmented from Photo-aged Polypropylene
Kazuya Haremaki, Takumitsu Kida, Yusuke Koide +3
This paper examines the evolution of microplastic (MP) size distributions fragmented from photo-aged polypropylene (PP) in stirred water. PP specimens fragmented into MPs with thei…
A Review on Molecular Simulations for the Rupture of Polymer Networks
Yuichi Masubuchi, Takato Ishida, Yusuke Koide +1
Molecular simulations provide a powerful means to unravel the complex relationships between network architecture and the mechanical response of polymer networks, with a particular…