ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews strain hardening in polymer glasses (GSH). After an introduction to GSH and a review of its industrial and scientific importance, the (rather poor) state of understanding of GSH that existed about 10 years ago is summarized, and then the dramatic progress made since is discussed. Focus is given to computational work, particularly that of the author, but key experimental developments are also discussed. The chapter concludes with a summary of open issues that remain in the field, and some plausible strategies for dealing with them.
