Blog discusses the basics of composites and introduction to terminology of composite materials. Composites provide unique properties for applications and growing trend in plastics.

This blog introduces to the theory of fracture mechanics for plastics. Although this is an intro, it can be too theoretical for some, but necessary to understand the concepts.

Creep under constant strain is not a practical way of evaluating a material performance. Boltzmann superposition principle explains the different stress loading profile to consider.

Creep modulus is an important design parameter for selecting plastics for long term use. This blog takes you step by step of the importance and curves to use for design purposes.

This blog discusses crazing, shear yielding for amorphous polymers and slipping, twinning for semi-crystalline polymers. Deformation phenomenon explained thoroughly.

Polymer deformation mechanisms helps to understand how amorphous and crystalline materials modulus can be predicted. A difficult topic but explained in layman terms.

Here is the blog on various polymers behavior and stress/strain curves. Also covered topics are cold drawing, strain hardening and draw ratio of the polymers.

In this blog, you will learn about the how to model polymer behaviors with models. This is an intro to predict creep & stress relaxation behaviors.

This blog is an intro to viscoelastic equations which are key for future blogs. Some of the equations are used to create viscoelastic models.

In this blog, we take you through the basics of creep curves, why it is important for long-term testing and how it is created.

In this blog, we walk you through the basic short term testing of polymers , especially tensile and flex test including the basics of viscoelastic behavior.