International Materials Institute
for New Functionality in Glass

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:
Dr. Eric Skaar, Clemson University
ECSKR@exchange.clemson.edu
David White, Clemson
WDAVID@clemson.edu

Syllabus & Class Schedule

Class Schedule

Course Description

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
Lecture 11: Thermodynamics in the Glass Transition Region
Dr. Steve Martin, Iowa State University video slides
Lecture 12: The Glass Transition on a Kinetic Transition
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
Lecture 16: The Tool-Narayanaswamy-Moynihan Equation Part II and DSC
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
Lecture 21: Part I Fragility and its Relation to Other Glass Properties
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Conradt, RWTH, Aachen video slides
Homework
Lecture 22: Part II Networks
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Conradt, RWTH, Aachen video slides
Quiz Review
Lecture 23: Electrical Relaxation Topic 1 - Quasi-Free Ion Transport
Prof. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, PA video slides
Lecture 24: Electrical Relaxation Topic 2 - Universal Dielectric Response (UDR)
Prof. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, PA video 1 video 2 slides
Lecture 24 continued
Part 1: continuation of topic 2 from lecture 24. Please use revised presentations slides (start with slide 16)
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
Course Summary - video

Additional Resources for Lectures 14-16:

Properties and Structure of Vitreous and Crystalline Boron Oxide
The Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Boron Trioxide
Power-law distributions for the areas of the basins of attraction on a potential energy landscape
The Thermal Properties of Crystalline and Glassy Boron Trioxide
Determination of the fictive temperature for a hyperquenched glass
Potential energy landscape description of supercooled liquids and glasses
The relationship between fragility, configurational entropy and the potential energy landscape of glass-forming liquids
Physical Aging in Polymer Glasses
The laboratory glass transition
Packing Structures and Transitions in Liquids and Solids
A Topographic View of Supercooled Liquids and Glass Formation
Polyamorphic transitions in vitreous B2O3 under pressure
The Microscopic Basis of the Glass Transition in Polymers from Neutron Scattering Studies

Contact Information

Course Support:
Dr. William Heffner (wrh304@lehigh.edu)
Associate Director, IMI-NFG, Lehigh Unversity


This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DMR-0844014.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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