DIMENSION OF THE LOCAL-PLASTICITY ZONE
AS A CORRELATION LENGTH OF THE STRUCTURE
OF POLYMERS UNDER INELASTIC DEFORMATION
G. V. Kozlov, V. V. Afaunov, and
Yu. S. Lipatov

UDC 541.18.041.2

The structural meaning of the dimension rpl of the zone 
of local plastic deformation in polymers is determined. 
In simulating the polymer structure as a percolation cluster, the 
quantity rpl is the correlation length of the structure 
of the polymer deformed until inelastic deformations appear. This 
rule holds for both amorphous glassy polymers and amorphous-crystalline 
polymers and for various types of the indicated zones (crazing or 
shear).

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