The Master Curve at a specific temperature is estimated using Time-Temperature Superposition (TTS) procedures. The Master Curve means the variation of a specific viscoelastic property of the selected material depending on time or frequency. TTS procedures provide the viscoelastic property variation at the selected temperature in a wider interval of time or frequency than in the experimental case. The Master Curve is estimated for each selected reference temperaure using TTS procedures. Three TTS methodologies are implemented in this package: the two wider used methods, Arrhenius based methods and WLF, and the newer methodology based on derivatives procedure. The Master Curve is smoothed by B-splines basis.
Plots of TTS results: experimental data, horizontal and vertical shifts, TTS data, TTS Master Curve fitting with B-Splines and bootstrap confidence intervals are deployed.
TTS-package
(Package: TTS) :
Estimates of material properties by Time-Temperature Superposition (TTS)
TTS analysis is often applied to frequency modulated data obtained by Dynamic Mechanic Analysis (DMA) and Rheometry in the analytical chemistry and physics areas. These techniques provide estimates of material mechanical properties (such as moduli) at different temperatures in a wider range of time. This package provides the Time-Temperature superposition Master Curve at a referred temperature by the three methods: the two wider used methods, Arrhenius based methods and WLF, and the newer methodology based on derivatives procedure. The Master Curve is smoothed by B-splines basis. The package output is composed of plots of experimental data, horizontal and vertical shifts, TTS data, and TTS data fitted using B-splines with bootstrap confidence intervals.