RELAXATION THERMODYNAMICS AND VISCOELASTICITY 
OF ANISOTROPIC POLYMER SYSTEMS

V. S. Volkov

UDC 532.584+612.117

A theory of asymmetric viscoelasticity of anisotropic 
polymer systems has been formulated based on the relaxation dynamics 
of irreversible processes. Consideration has been given to the effect 
associated with the relaxation of couple stresses.

A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian 
Academy of Sciences, 29 Lenin Ave., Moscow, 119991, Russia; email: 
vsvolk@mail.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 
78, No. 5, pp. 27-34, September-October, 2005. Original article 
submitted October 13, 2004.