scholarly journals Tensile Behavior of Polyetheretherketone over a Wide Range of Strain Rates

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaria El-Qoubaa ◽  
Ramzi Othman

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is used in several engineering applications where it has to bear impact loads. Nevertheless, the tensile behavior has only been studied in the quasi-static range of loading rates. To address the lack of data in the impact strain rate range, the tensile mechanical behavior of PEEK is investigated at room temperature over a large range of strain rates (from 0.001 to 1000/s). The macroscopic volume change is studied under uniaxial tension using digital image correlation (DIC) method, showing a significant dilatation that reaches 16% at a logarithmic axial strain of 40%. The true stress-strain behavior is therefore established based on the measured volume change. Elsewhere, the yield stress shows a significant sensitivity to strain rate. Besides, a new constitutive equation is proposed to take into account the increase in strain rate sensitivity at high strain rates. It assumes an apparent activation volume which decreases as the strain rate increases. The new constitutive equation gives similar results when compared to the Ree-Eyring equation. However, only three material constants are to be identified and are physically interpreted.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramzi Othman

In several industrial applications, metallic structures are facing impact loads. Therefore, there is an important need for developing constitutive equations which take into account the strain rate sensitivity of their mechanical properties. The Johnson-Cook equation was widely used to model the strain rate sensitivity of metals. However, it implies that the yield and flow stresses are linearly increasing in terms of the logarithm of strain rate. This is only true up to a threshold strain rate. In this work, a three-constant constitutive equation, assuming an apparent activation volume which decreases as the strain rate increases, is applied here for some metals. It is shown that this equation fits well the experimental yield and flow stresses for a very wide range of strain rates, including quasi-static, high, and very high strain rates (from 10−5to 5 × 104 s−1). This is the first time that a constitutive equation is showed to be able to fit the yield stress over a so large strain rate range while using only three material constants.


2011 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 124-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezio Cadoni ◽  
Matteo Dotta ◽  
Daniele Forni ◽  
Stefano Bianchi

In this paper the first results of the mechanical characterization in tension of two high strength alloys in a wide range of strain rates are presented. Different experimental techniques were used for different strain rates: a universal machine, a Hydro-Pneumatic Machine and a JRC-Split Hopkinson Tensile Bar. The experimental research was developed in the DynaMat laboratory of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. An increase of the stress at a given strain increasing the strain-rate from 10-3 to 103 s-1, a moderate strain-rate sensitivity of the uniform and fracture strain, a poor reduction of the cross-sectional area at fracture with increasing the strain-rate were shown. Based on these experimental results the parameters required by the Johnson-Cook constitutive law were determined.


2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taamjeed Rahmaan ◽  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Cliff Butcher ◽  
Michael J. Worswick

Shear tests were performed at strain rates ranging from quasi-static (0.01 s-1) to 500 s-1 for AA7075-T6 sheet metal alloy at room temperature. A miniature sized shear specimen was used in this work to perform high strain rate shear testing. Digital image correlation (DIC) techniques were employed to measure the strains in the experiments. At maximum in-plane shear strains greater than 20%, the AA7075-T6 alloy demonstrated a reduced work hardening rate at elevated strain rates. At lower strains, the AA7075-T6 alloy showed mild positive rate sensitivity. The strain to localization (using the Zener-Holloman criterion), measured using the DIC technique, decreased with strain rate in shear loading. The strain at complete failure, however, exhibited an increase at the highest strain rate (500 s-1). The current work also focused on characterization of the thermal conditions occurring during high rate loading in shear with in situ high speed thermal imaging. Experimental results from the highest strain rate (500 s-1) tests showed a notable increase in temperature within the specimen gauge region as a result of the conversion of plastic deformation energy into heat.


2019 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 05008
Author(s):  
Zain Maqsood ◽  
Junichi Koseki ◽  
Hiroyuki Kyokawa

It has been unanimously acknowledged that the strength and deformation characteristics of bounded geomaterials, viz. cemented soils and natural rocks, are predominantly governed by the rate of loading/deformation. Rational evaluation of these time-dependent characteristics due to viscosity and ageing are vital for the reliable constitutive modelling. In order to study the effects of ageing and loading/strain rate (viscosity) on the behaviour of bounded geomaterials, a number of unconfined monotonic loading tests were performed on Gypsum Mixed Sand (GMS) specimens at a wide range of axial strain rates; ranging from 1.9E-05 to 5.3E+00 %/min (27,000 folds), and at different curing periods. The results indicate shifts in the viscous behaviour of GMS at critical strain rates of 2.0E-03 and 5.0E-01 %/min. In the light of this finding, the results are categorized into three discrete zones of strain rates, and the behaviour of GMS in each of these zones is discussed. A significant dependency of peak strength and stress-strain responses on strain rate was witnessed for specimens subjected to strain rates lesser than 2.0E-03 %/min, and the effects of viscosity/strain rate was found to be insignificant at strain rate higher than 5.0E-01%/min.


2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Boyce ◽  
L. N. Brewer ◽  
M. K. Neilsen ◽  
M. J. Perricone

The present study examines the thermomechanical strain-rate sensitivity of eutectic 63Sn–37Pb solder over a broad range of strain-rates from 0.0002 s–1 to 200 s–1, thus encompassing failure events between 1 h and 1 ms, at temperatures ranging from −60 °C to + 100 °C. A newly developed servohydraulic tensile method enabled this broad range of strain-rates to be evaluated by a single technique, eliminating ambiguity caused by evaluation across multiple experimental methods. Two solder conditions were compared: a normalized condition representing a solder joint that has largely stabilized ∼30 days after solidification and an aged condition representing ∼30 years at near-ambient temperatures. The tensile behavior of both conditions exhibited dramatic temperature and strain-rate sensitivity. At 100 °C, the yield strength increased from 5 MPa at 0.0002 s–1 to 42 MPa at 200 s–1, while at −60 °C, the yield strength increased from 57 MPa at 0.0002 s–1 to 71 MPa at 200 s–1. The room temperature strain rate-dependent behavior was also measured for the lead free SAC396 alloy. The SAC alloy exhibited thermal strain-rate sensitivity similar to Sn–Pb over this temperature and strain-rate regime. Microstructural characterization using backscatter electron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction showed distinct, morphological changes of the microstructure for different thermomechanical conditions as well as some systematic changes in the crystallographic texture. However, very little intergranular rotation was observed over the range of thermomechanical conditions, suggesting the dominance of a grain boundary sliding (GBS) deformation mechanism. Finally, a recently developed unified-creep-plasticity constitutive model for solder deformation was found to describe the observed behavior with much higher fidelity than the common Johnson–Cook model.


1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Klepaczko ◽  
T. R. Hsu ◽  
M. N. Bassim

An investigation of the elastic and viscoelastic properties of Nova Scotia coal was carried out over a wide range of strain rates (quasi-static to impact). High resolution stress–strain diagrams for the coal were obtained from compression tests for the lower and medium strain rates up to [Formula: see text] and with the split Hopkinson bar technique for the high strain rate region up to [Formula: see text].The elastic properties of the coal showed a moderate rate sensitivity at low and moderate strain rates.Above the strain rate [Formula: see text] both Young's modulus and the stress level of microcracking initiation σf0isplayed extreme rate sensitivity and was found to be a linear function of strain rate. The associated coefficient of viscosity perpendicular to the bedding plane was η* = 3.08 × 104 Pa∙s.The viscoelastic model so determined can be used to assess the elastic properties of coal at even higher strain rates, a situation that is similar to an explosive loading. Keywords: coal, strain rates, dynamic, viscoelastic properties.


2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02028
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Kami ◽  
Hiroyuki Yamada ◽  
Nagahisa Ogasawara

The effect of strain rate on mechanical properties of Al-2.3wt.%Mg alloy (AA5021) and commercial pure aluminum (purity 99.7wt.%: A1070) was investigated at room temperature. The tensile tests were conducted at strain rates from 1.0×10−4 to 1.0×103 s−1. The universal testing machine was used for strain rate 1.0×10-4 to 1.0×10−1 s−1. For the strain rate 1.0×100 s-1, the servohydraulic testing machine, which was developed by our laboratory, was used. The impact strain rate 1.0×103 s−1 was obtained using the split Hopkinson pressure bar method. The pure aluminum showed positive strain rate dependence of material strength at the investigated strain rates. In contrast, the Al-2.3wt.%Mg alloy showed the negative strain rate dependence at strain rates from 1.0×10−4 to 1.0×100 s−1. However, Al-2.3wt.%Mg alloy showed the positive strain rate dependence at strain rates from 1.0×100 to 1.0×103 s−1. It was surmised that the effect of dislocation locking by the solute Mg atoms became negligible at strain rate of approximately 1.0×100 s−1. It was confirmed that material properties for the Al-Mg alloy at the strain rate of 1.0×100 s−1 were important, since the strain rate dependence changed negative to positive around this strain rate.


2014 ◽  
Vol 941-944 ◽  
pp. 1501-1504
Author(s):  
Zhi Ping Guan ◽  
Ming Wen Ren ◽  
Pin Kui Ma ◽  
Po Zhao

With the development of numerical calculation and precision forming, constitutive equations are required to possess high accuracy and good reliability, rather than simplicity of mathematical form. Due to simple algorithm and constant parameters, the conventional constitutive models can not be suited to describing superplastic flow behavior which represents complex responses with a large strain. In this study, through surface fitting on experimental data from tension tests performed over a wide range of strain rates, tensile velocities and loads, an empirical approach was proposed to establish constitutive equation for complex superplastic behavior of Zn-5%Al alloy at 340 °C. The empirical constitutive equation not only represents the strain dependence and the strain rate dependence of stress, but also reflects the coupling effects of strain and strain rate on stress, which can not be achieved by traditional models. A comparison between the predicted flow stresses and the experimental data verified that the empirical constitutive equation has high accuracy and good reliability on modeling superplastic flow behavior of Zn-5%Al alloy at 340 °C in a wide range of strains 0~2.5 and strain rates 7.0×10-5~8.0×10-2s-1.


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