High density polyethylene (HDPE): Experiments and modeling

Dusunceli N., Colak Ö. Ü.

MECHANICS OF TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIALS, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.331-345, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11043-007-9026-5
  • Dergi Adı: MECHANICS OF TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.331-345
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The uniaxial tension (loading and unloading), creep and relaxation experiments on high density polyethylene (HDPE) have been carried out at room temperature. The stress-strain behavior of HDPE under different strain rates, creep (relaxation) behavior at different stress (strain) levels have been investigated. These experimental results are used to compare the simulation results of a unified state variable theory, viscoplasticity theory based on overstress (VBO) and a macro-mechanical constitutive model for elasto-viscoplastic deformation of polymeric materials developed by Boyce et al. (Polymer 41:2183-2201, 2000). It is observed that elasto-viscoplasticity model by Boyce et al. (Polymer 41:2183-2201, 2000) is not good enough to simulate stress-strain, creep and relaxation behaviors of HDPE. However, the aforementioned behaviors can be modeled quantitatively by using VBO model.