Journal
POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 174-184Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pen.25842
Keywords
compression molding; injection molding; mechanical characterization; modeling; yield strength
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- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC)
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The study investigates the impact of processing-induced thermal history on the mechanical behavior of polycarbonate samples. The research shows that thermal history significantly affects the material at low strain rates, but becomes negligible in the dynamic range. The modeling approach allows for accurate estimation of yield strength depending on the strain rate values.
The high impact strength of polycarbonate has been studied and exploited for many applications. However, the interaction between processing-induced effects and the strain rate affects the mechanical behavior significantly. In this work, the effects of the processing-induced thermal history, generated by either injection molding or compression molding, were characterized. Polycarbonate samples manufactured with the two processes were experimentally compared using quasi-static and dynamic compression testing. The processing effects are further evaluated by combining a numerical calculation of the temperature history and a constitutive model to predict the yield strength of the glassy polymer. The constitutive modeling approach considers both the effect of the rate-dependent and stress-activated motion of the chain segments, and the strain-hardening effect due to molecular alignment. The results indicate that the thermal history has a significant effect at low strain rates, while its influence is negligible in the dynamic range. The modeling effort allows estimating the yield strength with different accuracy depending on the strain rate values.
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