Temperature and Rate effects in Finite Viscoplasticity of Glassy Polymers at Different Deformation Modes: Experiments and Simulations

Abstract

AbstractThe non–linear inelastic response of glassy polymers is highly influenced by the three–dimensional deformation state, the temperature and the strain rate at which they are deformed. The contribution presents new experiments for different deformation modes which are carried out at different temperatures and rates on commercial bis–phenol A polycarbonate. Emphasis is put not only on the experimental results by themselves but also on the setup and the technique employed in the obtention of the data. The effect of temperature on the velocity with which the neck propagates along the gaged section of a flat specimen under tension is studied means a facility based on photogrammetry. From the homogeneous compression experiments a single set of material parameters appearing in a constitutive model based on the distributed free volume theory under the frame work of additive kinematics will be identified. The inhomogeneous experimental results serve then as a validation for 3–D simulations since the non–uniform strain distribution on the surfaces of both, simulations and experiments, can be compared. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)