Long-Term Strength Criteria for Some Polymer Materials under a Plane Stress State

Abstract

The problem of the choice and experimental justification of long-term failure criteria for isotropic polymer materials in creep under a plane stress state is considered. The criteria are defined by a linear two-parameter interpolation relating two stress-tensor invariants which limit the interpolation range with respect to the conditions of viscous and brittle failure and take into account the signs of principal stresses. The base experiment for determining material constants includes standard tests on long-term strength in uniaxial tension and a test on long-term strength under a plane stress state. The failure criteria have been approved in constructing unified long-term strength diagrams for thin-walled tubular specimens made of rigid polyvinylchloride and high-density polyethylene under the action of internal pressure, pressure with axial tension, torsion, and axial tension with torsion.