AbstractAs large polymer samples are quenched rapidly, residual stresses (and birefringence) are frozen into the final part due to the different thermal/contraction histories of the surface and center portions. The present work on polystyrene, a continuation of earlier studies, deals with the effects of sample size and initial temperature; these results are treated with the genral theory of Lee, Rogers, and Woo. Finally, data for two other amorphous polymers, poly(methyl methacrylate) and polycarbonate, are presented; in these cases the simpler theory of Aggarwala and Saibel is used. The theories help explain the relative behavior of the three materials and are qualitatively useful. However, the compexity of the rheooptical response precludes doing a completely rigorous treatment.
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