... Intersaence, New York. 19 48. 3. J I), Ferry. Viscoelastic properties of Polymers, 3rd ed., Wiley. New York, 1 980 . 4. I , n, Nielsen. Mechanical Properties of Polymers. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New ... behavior of polymers, and since these factors can be varied over a wide range, the mechani-cal properties of crystalline polymers take on a bewildering array of possibilities. The nature of the mechanical ... Figures 8 and 9 illustrate .schematically some of the possible chain arrangements in crystalline polymers (131-133). If the ordered, crystalline regions are cross sections of bundles of chains and...