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Understanding creep
Understanding creep is crucial when developing applications that involve constant loads.
A characteristic of HMPE is that the fiber is sensitive to long-term static loads and will elongate proportionally with time. This phenomenon is generally known as creep, and is a process in which the long molecular chains slide along each other.