Glass Relaxation Course
The 3rd Virtual Glass Course - a Cooperative Course Taught by glass experts from US and Germany
Instructors
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Conradt, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| conradt@ghi.rwth-aachen.de |
| Prof. Dr. Chris Cox, Clemson University, US |
| clcox@clemson.edu |
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG, Germany (Adj. Prof. CU) |
| ufother@clemson.edu |
| Prof. Dr. Prabhat Gupta, Ohio State University, US |
| gupta.3@osu.edu |
| Prof. Dr. Roger Loucks, Alfred University, US |
| loucks@alfred.edu |
| Prof. Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University, US |
| swmartin@iastate.edu |
| Web-casting hosting
at Clemson by:
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| Dr. Eric Skaar, Clemson University |
| ECSKR@exchange.clemson.edu |
| David White, Clemson |
| WDAVID@clemson.edu |
Textbook
Relaxation in Glass and Composites by George Scherer. (Reprint edition 1992, Krieger publishing company, Malabar, Florida.)
Lecture/Course Videos and Slides:
| Lecture 1: Introduction | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | no video | slides |
| Lecture 2: Phenomenology of viscoelasticity & glass transition | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | video | slides |
| Lecture 3: Complex exponential function, Fourier- and Laplace-Transforms | ||
| Dr. Chris Cox, Clemson Univ. | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Lecture 4: Differential equations | ||
| Dr. Chris Cox, Clemson Univ. | video | slides |
| Lecture 5: Simple models (Maxwell, Kelvin-Voigt), relaxation and retardation | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | video | slides |
| Lecture 6: Sophisticated models (Kohlrausch), shear and bulk viscoelasticity, Boltzmann´s superposition principle, temperature dependence | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Lecture 7: Dynamic Mechanical Analysis. (Viscoelasticity III. Dynamic Testing) | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Lecture 8: Viscoelasticity IV: Important Application of Pre-Stressing | ||
| Dr. Ulrich Fotheringham, Schott AG | video | slides |
| Video Review of Quiz and Excercises for Lecture 8 | ||
| Lecture 9: Thermodynamic Concepts and the Law of Thermodynamics | ||
| Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University | video | slides |
| Lecture 10: Thermodynamic Functions | ||
| Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Quiz 1: Thermodynamics Background | Quiz | Quiz Lecture |
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| Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University | video | slides |
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| Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Lecture 13: The Fictive and Glass Transition Temperatures | ||
| Dr. Roger Loucks, Alfred University | video | slides |
| Lecture 14: Relaxation and the Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan Equation | ||
| Dr. Roger Loucks, Alfred University | video | slides |
| Video Quiz Review | ||
| Lecture 15: The Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan Equation Part II and DSC | ||
| Dr. Roger Loucks, Alfred University | video | slides |
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| Dr. Roger Loucks, Alfred University | video | slides |
| Quiz | ||
| Lecture 17: Landscape Approach to Glass Transition and Relaxation Part I | ||
| Dr. Prabhat Gupta, Ohio State University | video | slides |
| Lecture 18: Landscape Approach to Glass Transition and Relaxation Part II | ||
| Dr. Prabhat Gupta, Ohio State University | video | slides |
| Lecture 19: Landscape Approach to Glass Transition and Relaxation Part III - Liquid to Glass Transition | ||
| Dr. Prabhat Gupta, Ohio State University | video | slides |
| Lecture 20: Landscape Approach to Glass Transition and Relaxation Part IV | ||
| Dr. Prabhat Gupta, Ohio State University | video | slides |
| For Homework assignment, see 2 problems on last slides of Lecture 20 | ||
| Quiz Review | ||
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| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Conradt, RWTH, Aachen | video | slides |
| Homework | ||
| Lecture 22: Part II Networks | ||
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Conradt, RWTH, Aachen | video | slides |
| Quiz Review | ||
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| Prof. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, PA | video | slides |
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| Prof. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, PA | video 1 video 2 | slides |
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| Part 1: continuation of topic 2 from lecture 24. Please use revised presentations slides (start with slide 16) |
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| Part 2: we will move onto the third topic (lecture 25 see below) | ||
| Lecture 25: Electrical Relaxation: Topic 3 - Nearly Constant Loss-Second Universality | ||
| Prof. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, PA | video | slides |
| Quiz Review | ||
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Additional Resources for Lectures 14-16:
Contact Information
Course Support:
Dr. William Heffner (wrh304@lehigh.edu)
Associate Director, IMI-NFG, Lehigh Unversity
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DMR-0844014. International Materials Institute Sinclair Laboratory, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015 Tel: 610-758-1112 · e-mail: imi@lehigh.edu Website by Zephyros |