Modulus secant

Material Percent neutralized Melt index at 190°C, dg/min Secant modulus, % extension, MPa Ultimate tensile strength, MPa Elongation at break, %... 

Note When the elastic modulus is used, the elastic limit or proportional limit should be used with it in the formula. When the plastic modulus or Secant Modulus is used, it should be used with the corresponding yield strength. 

As indicated above, the stress-strain presentation of the data in isochronous curves is a format which is very familiar to engineers. Hence in design situations it is quite common to use these curves and obtain a secant modulus (see Section 1.4.1, Fig. 1.6) at an appropriate strain. Strictly speaking this will be different to the creep modulus or the relaxation modulus referred to above since the secant modulus relates to a situation where both stress and strain are changing. In practice the values are quite similar and as will be shown in the following sections, the values will coincide at equivalent values of strain and time. That is, a 2% secant modulus taken from a 1 year isochronous curve will be the same as a 1 year relaxation modulus taken from a 2% isometric curve. 

The only unknown on the right hand side is a value for modulus E. For the plastic this is time-dependent but a suitable value may be obtained by reference to the creep curves in Fig. 2.5. A section across these curves at the service life of 1 year gives the isochronous graph shown in Fig. 2.13. The maximum strain is recommended as 1.5% so a secant modulus may be taken at this value and is found to be 347 MN/m. This is then used in the above equation. 

J7 In a tensile test on a plastic, the material is subjected to a constant strain rate of 10 s. If this material may have its behaviour modelled by a Maxwell element with the elastic component f = 20 GN/m and the viscous element t) = 1000 GNs/m, then derive an expression for the stress in the material at any instant. Plot the stress-strain curve which would be predicted by this equation for strains up to 0.1% and calculate the initial tangent modulus and 0.1% secant modulus from this graph. 

Figure 4 Secant modulus versus percent conversion for Na and Ca salts of an ethylene/methacrylic acid ionomer.

For the past century one successful approach is to plot a secant modulus that is at 1% strain or 0.85% of the initial tangent modulus and noting where they intersect the stress-strain curve (Fig. 2-2). However for many plastics, particularly the crystalline thermoplastics, this method is too restrictive. So in most practical applications the limiting strain is decided based on experience and/or in consultation between the designer and the plastic material manufacturer. Once the limiting strain is known, design methods based on its creep curves become rather straightforward (additional information to follow). 

Fig. 2-2 (a) Example of the modulus of elasticity determined on the initial straight portion of the stress-strain curve and secant modulus and (b) secant modulus for two different plastics that are 85% of the initial tangent modulus. 

Secant modulus The secant modulus is the ratio of stress to the corresponding strain at any specific point on the stress-strain curve. As shown in Fig. 2-2(a), the secant modulus is the slope of the line joining the origin and a selected point C on the stress-strain curve this could represent a vertical line at the usual 1 % strain. The secant modulus line is plotted from the initial tangent modulus and where it intersects the stress-strain curve. The plotted line location is also based on the angle used in relation to the initial tangent line from the ab-... 

The secant modulus measurement is used during the designing of a product in place of a modulus of elasticity for materials where the stress-strain diagram does not demonstrate a linear proportionality of stress to strain or E is difficult to locate. 

Many designers have already used or calculated a safety factor on material, perhaps without recognizing it such as deciding what approach is used in determining the tensile secant modulus. The process appears to be simple and straightforward, but unfortunately things are never quite that simple. 

For materials that deviate from the proportionality law even well below the elastic limit, the slope of the tangent to the stress-strain curve at a low stress level is taken as the tensile modulus. When the stress-strain curve displays no proportionality at any stress level, the secant modulus is employed instead of the tensile modulus (Fig. 2-2). The secant modulus is the ratio of stress to corresponding strain, usually at 1% strain or 85% from the initial tangent modulus. 

Concret does not have well defined elastic and plastic regions due to its brittle nature. A maximum compressive stress value is reached at relatively low strains and is maintained for small deformations until crushing occurs. The stress-strain relationship for concrete is a nonlinear curve. Thus, the elastic modulus varies continuously with strain. The secant modulus at service load is normally used to define a single value for the modulus of elasticity. This procedure is given in most concrete texts. Masonry lias a stress-strain diagram similar to concrete but is typically of lower compressive strength and modulus of elasticity. 

Macdonald (144) analyzed several equations of state which had a variety of mathematical forms including the Tammann equation and the secant bulk modulus equation chosen by Hayward. (In his statistical analysis, Macdonald used the PVT data of Kell and Whalley (26) which has been shown to be in error (29) Thus, the conclusions of Macdonald may be questionable.) He disagreed with Hayward and selected the Murnaghan equation to be superior to either the Tammann equation or the linear secant modulus equation chosen by Hayward. If, however, the Tammann equation and the Murnaghan equation were both expanded to second order in pressure, then Macdonald found that the results obtained from both equations would agree. As shown earlier, the expansion of the Tammann equation to second order is equivalent to the bulk modulus form of the original Tait equation. 

Modulus. The measure of the stress of a sealant at a specific strain is referred to as the modulus of elasticity, sometimes called the secant modulus. This important sealant property describes the force exerted by a sealant as it is stressed. Because a pnmary funcuon of sealants is to adhere to the substrates it is in contact with, the forces generated by a joint opening or closing are transmitted by the sealant to the substrate-sealant bond line. For this reason, it is important to know the modulus of the sealant and also the strength of (lie substrate. 

Where no linear region is discemable from a force/deformation or a stress/strain curve, use a secant modulus. Construct a secant line from a desired stress (force) point and extend it to the zero strain (deformation) point. Use the slope of this secant line to give the secant modulus. 

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