Long-term bending creep behavior prediction of injection molded composite using stress–time correspondence principle

Abstract

Abstract In analogous manner to the time–temperature superposition principle, the stress–time superposition principle approach is used to predict long-term material creep behavior without extensive laboratory test time. The bending creep of the injection fiber glass reinforced polyamide is studied. An improved empirical model is used to construct the creep master curve, to take into account the strong non-linear behavior. An excellent superposition of curves is obtained and, in a long-term, an important curvature in the master curve is registered.