Strain properties, large

At large strain, dynamic viscoelastic measurements can not be made accurately because of the important self-heating of the sample during the experiment. Therefore large-strain properties are usually determined by uniaxial extension [144] (Fig. 6). 

In many cases, less intense pressure or stress waves are encountered in which times to achieve peak pressure may be hundreds of nanoseconds or more. The study of solids under these conditions can be the source of mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of solid materials at large strain, high pressure, and high strain rates. 

FT rheometry is a powerful technique to document the nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of pure polymers as observed when performing large amplitude oscillatory strain (LAOS) experiments. When implemented on appropriate instmments, this test technique can readUy be applied on complex polymer systems, for instance, filled mbber compounds, in order to yield significant and reliable information. Any simple polymer can exhibit nonlinear viscoelastic properties when submitted to sufficiently large strain in such a case the observed behavior is so-called extrinsic... 

We solved the transient hydrogen diffusion initial/boundary-value problem coupled with the large strain elastoplastic boundary value problem for a pipe of an outer diameter 40.64 cm, wall thickness h = 9.52 mm, and with an axial crack of depth 0.2/i on the inner wall-surface. We obtained the solutions under hydrogen gas pressure of 15 MPa, material properties for an X70/80 type steel, and... 

Application of a plasma coating onto carbon black is very difficult compared to silica. It was only practically feasible for fullerene soot (left over from the fullerene production), which contains a large amount of reactive groups on its surface. Polyacetylene-plasma-treated fullerene soot provides an improved dispersion in SBR and in a SBR/EPDM blend compared to untreated fullerene black. However, the effect on the stress-strain properties is rather limited and the coating has only a slight effect on the final properties. 

Our reason for stressing the concept of representative volume element is that it seems to provide a valuable dividing boundary between continuum theories and molecular or microscopic theories. For scales larger than the RVE we can use continuum mechanics (classical and large strain elasticity, linear and non-linear viscoelasticity) and derive from experiment useful and reproducible properties of the material as a whole and of the RVE in particular. Below the scale of the RVE we must consider the micromechanics if we can - which may still be analysable by continuum theories but which eventually must be studied by the consideration of the forces and displacements of polymer chains and their interactions. 

Figure 17 illustrates the effect of orientation on the stress-strain properties of the rayon composite shown in Figures 10 and 11. The upper curve represents stress-strain behavior for stress applied parallel to the fiber orientation direction. In the lower curve the force is applied perpendicularly. Even a small degree of orientation has a large effect on the anisotropy of the composite. The differences in tensile strength, modulus and elongation at break in the two directions are considerable. 

The compressive strain properties of urethanes show that polyurethanes have very good load-bearing properties. Softer materials (below shore hardness of 75 A) all have very similar response curves. The shape of these curves is influenced to a large degree by the ratio of the constrained polyurethane to the free area. The ratio is commonly called the shape factor. In calculating the shape factor, only the area of one loaded surface is taken. The... 

As in carbon-black-filled EPDM and NR rubbers, the physical network in silica-filled PDMS has a bimodal structure [61]. A loosely bound PDMS fraction has a high density of adsorption junctions and topological constraints. Extractable or free rubber does virtually not interact with the silica particles. It was found that the density of adsorption junctions and the strength of the adsorption interaction, which depends largely on the temperature and the type of silica surface, largely determine the modulus of elasticity and ultimate stress-strain properties of filled silicon rubbers [113]. 

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