Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol.35, No.4, 304-309, 1995
Cold-Drawing (Necking) Behavior of Polycarbonate as a Double Glass-Transition
The thermomechanical behavior of poly(bisphenol A carbonate) (PC) undergoing cold-drawing (necking) over a large range of temperature and strain rate has been studied. The cold-drawing of PC has been described from a material particle perspective in terms of true stress and strain relationships. The isothermal draw stress is shown to be a material parameter, and the true stress-strain behavior of necked material above the true drawing stress follows conventional treatment by rubber elasticity. Cold-drawing is described as a double glass transition : first, a transition from an isotropic glass to an isotropic rubber at the yield point, then, on unloading after stretching of a rubbery mesophase, a transition from an oriented rubber to an oriented glass.