Finite strain 3D thermoviscoelastic constitutive model for shape memory polymers

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Diani ◽  
Yiping Liu ◽  
Ken Gall
Author(s):  
Mahesh Khanolkar ◽  
Jaskirat Sodhi ◽  
I. Joga Rao

The constitutive model for the mechanics of crystallizable shape memory polymers (CSMP) has been developed in the past [1, 2]. The model was developed using the theory of multiple natural configurations and has been successful in addressing a diverse class of problems. In this research work, the efficacy of the developed CSMP model is tested by applying it to the torsion of a cylinder, which is an inhomogeneous deformation. The crystallization of the cylinder is studied under two different conditions i.e. crystallization under constant shear and crystallization under constant moment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 035030
Author(s):  
Jinsu Kim ◽  
Seung-Yeol Jeon ◽  
Seokbin Hong ◽  
Yongsan An ◽  
Haedong Park ◽  
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Author(s):  
Jaskirat S. Sodhi ◽  
Swapnil Moon ◽  
I. Joga Rao

Light Activated Shape Memory Polymers (LASMP) are recently developed innovative materials defined by their capacity to store a deformed (temporary) shape and recover an original (parent) shape. This change in shape and the return to original shape is achieved by exposing the polymer to light at different wavelengths. These unique properties have led to the use of LASMP’s in a wide variety of applications. These SMP’s have a great potential in the biomedical industry as well as the aerospace industry. In the past, the authors have introduced a constitutive model to model the mechanics of these LASMP [1] and used it to solve a few cases of boundary value problems of interest. In this paper, the developed model is used to solve some other inhomogeneous deformation boundary value problems.


2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Baghani ◽  
Reza Naghdabadi ◽  
Jamal Arghavani

Shape memory polymers commonly experience both finite deformations and arbitrary thermomechanical loading conditions in engineering applications. This motivates the development of three-dimensional constitutive models within the finite deformation regime. In the present study, based on the principles of continuum thermodynamics with internal variables, a three-dimensional finite deformation phenomenological constitutive model is proposed taking its basis from the recent model in the small strain regime proposed by Baghani et al. (2012). In the constitutive model derivation, a multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient into elastic and inelastic stored parts (in each phase) is adopted. Moreover, employing the mixture rule, the Green–Lagrange strain tensor is related to the rubbery and glassy parts. In the constitutive model, the evolution laws for internal variables are derived during both cooling and heating thermomechanical loadings. Furthermore, we present the time-discrete form of the proposed constitutive model in the implicit form. Using the finite element method, we solve several boundary value problems, that is, tension and compression of bars and a three-dimensional beam made of shape memory polymers, and investigate the model capabilities as well as its numerical counterpart. The model is validated by comparing the predicted results with experimental data reported in the literature that shows a good agreement.


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin N. Long ◽  
Timothy F. Scott ◽  
H. Jerry Qi ◽  
Martin L. Dunn ◽  
Christopher N. Bowman

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