简介：Inordertopredictthemechanicalperformanceofthepolyvinylchloride(PVC)atahighoperatingtemperature,aseriesofshort-termtensilecreeptests(onetenthofthephysicalagingtime)ofthePVCarecarriedoutat63Cwithasmallconstantstressbyadynamicmechanicalanalyzer(DMA).TheStruik-Kohlrausch(SK)formulaandStruikshiftingmethodsareusedtodescribethesecreepdataforvariousphysicalagingtime.AnewphenomenologicalmodelbasedonthemultiplerelaxationmechanismsofanamorphouspolymerisdevelopedtoquantitativelycharacterizetheSKparameters(theinitialcreepcompliance,thecharacteristicretardationtime,andtheshapefactor)determinedbytheagingtime.ItisshownthatthemomentarycreepcompliancecurveofthePVCat63CcanbeverywellfittedbytheSKformulaforeachagingtime.However,theSKparametersforthecreepcurvesarenotconstantduringtheagingprocessattheelevatedtemperatures,andtheevolutionoftheseparametersandthecreeprateversusagingtimecurvesatthedoublelogarithmiccoordinateshaveshownanonlinearphenomenon.Moreover,thecreepmastercurvesobtainedbythesuperpositionwiththeStruikshiftingmethodsareunsatisfactoryinsuchacase.Finally,thepredictedresultscalculatedfromthepresentmodelincorporatingwiththeSKformulaareinexcellentagreementwiththecreepexperimentaldataforthePVCisothermallyagedatthetemperaturerelativelyclosetotheglasstransitiontemperature.