1. Certifying the intrinsic character of a constitutive law for semi-crystalline polymers: a probation test
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André, Stéphane, Becker, Simon, Noûs, Camille, Farge, Laurent, Delconte, Alain, Laboratoire d'Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique Appliquée (LEMTA ), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cogitamus Laboratory, and Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN)
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[PHYS.MECA.MEMA]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Mechanics of materials [physics.class-ph] ,semi-crystalline polymer ,[PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] ,constitutive behavior's law ,Inverse identification ,tensile test ,HDPE ,parameter estimation ,[PHYS.MECA.SOLID]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Mechanics of the solides [physics.class-ph] - Abstract
A study of methodological nature demonstrates the efficiency of a probation test allowing for the intrinsic character of a rheological constitutive law to be assessed. Such a law is considered here for Semi-Crystalline Polymers exhibiting necking and for large deformation. In the framework of a (, ,,) behavior's law, tensile experiments conducted at an imposed constant strain rate 0 bring true stress responses from which constitutive (material) parameters can be identified from Model-Based Metrology concepts. The same experiment repeated at various strain rates gives then access to the dependence of the non-elastic parameters on the strain rate. Then the intrinsic law is tested severely by considering a new set of experiments carried out for constant displacement rates of the grips. In that case, the specimens show local strain rates which evolve strongly during the test (by a factor of 5-10 here). The parameter identification process requires then the introduction of the exact realized input strain and strain-rate command into the model. Accounting for strain rate dependency requires additionally the knowledge of the preliminary identified strain rate dependence of the non-elastic constitutive parameters for good predictions of the experimental response directly. This is what is proven here. The conclusion speaks in favor of a possible upgrade of international standards for the mechanical characterization of polymers based on constant strain-rate tensile tests and properly applied model-based metrology.
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- 2020