Viscoelastic creep compliance of a vinyl ester polymer with statistical distribution functions

J. Simsiriwong, R. W. Sullivan, T. E. Lacy, H. H. Hilton

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop a model to predict the viscoelastic material functions of a vinyl ester polymer (Derakane 441-400) with variations in the material properties. Time and temperature dependent statistical distribution parameters were used to obtain the upper and lower limits of the time dependent creep compliances. Short-term tensile creep experiments were conducted at three temperatures below the glass transition temperature. In-plane longitudinal and transverse strain-time histories were measured simultaneously using a digital image correlation technique. Creep compliances were obtained using the generalized viscoelastic constitutive equation with a Prony series representation. This effort involved an analytical study based on experimental results for representing the data scatter in polymer composites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication28th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2013, ASC 2013
Pages1720-1737
Number of pages18
StatePublished - 2013
Event28th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2013, ASC 2013 - State College, PA, United States
Duration: Sep 9 2013Sep 11 2013

Publication series

Name28th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2013, ASC 2013
Volume2

Other

Other28th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2013, ASC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityState College, PA
Period9/9/139/11/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites

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