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102                                   Mechanical Behaviour of Plastics





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                           Sp
                           B  0.06
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                              0.04


                              0.02

                                0
                                 0            50           100         150          200
                                                             (SI
                                           Fig. 2.46  Variation of strain with time

                            Stress (MN/m*)

















                                                                                -
                                 0                    100                      Time (s)

                                          Fig. 2.47  Stress history: Example 2.15(a)
                         (b) If  the  stress  was  completely removed  after  100 seconds as shown  in
                       Fig. 2.48 then the effective change in stress would be given by
                                     change in stress,  a(t) = -Kl(t  - T) - Au
                                                    da)   -  -K1
                                                    --
                                                      dt
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