The inelastic deformation behavior of polymerization of monomeric reactants-15 (PMR-15) neat resin, a high-temperature thermoset polymer, was investigated at . The experimental program was designed to explore the influence of strain rate changes in the range on tensile loading, unloading, and strain recovery behavior, as well as on the relaxation response of the material. The material exhibits positive, nonlinear strain rate sensitivity in monotonic loading. Nonlinear, “curved” stress-strain behavior during unloading is observed at all strain rates. The strain recovery at zero stress is profoundly affected by prior strain rate. The prior strain rate is also found to have a strong influence on relaxation behavior. The rest stresses measured at the termination of relaxation tests form the relaxation boundary, which resembles a nonlinear stress-strain curve. The results suggest that the inelastic behavior of the PMR-15 solid polymer at can be represented using a unified constitutive model with an overstress dependence of the inelastic rate of deformation. The experimental data are modeled with the viscoplasticity theory based on overstress. A systematic procedure for determining model parameters is presented and the model is employed to predict the response of the material under various test histories.
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Strain Rate Dependence and Short-Term Relaxation Behavior of a Thermoset Polymer at Elevated Temperature: Experiment and Modeling
A. J. W. McClung,
A. J. W. McClung
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Air Force Institute of Technology
, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7765
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M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn
M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
e-mail: marina.ruggles-wrenn@afit.edu
Air Force Institute of Technology
, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7765
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A. J. W. McClung
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Air Force Institute of Technology
, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7765
M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Air Force Institute of Technology
, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7765e-mail: marina.ruggles-wrenn@afit.edu
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Jun 2009, 131(3): 031405 (8 pages)
Published Online: April 21, 2009
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Received:
April 24, 2008
Revised:
July 15, 2008
Published:
April 21, 2009
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McClung, A. J. W., and Ruggles-Wrenn, M. B. (April 21, 2009). "Strain Rate Dependence and Short-Term Relaxation Behavior of a Thermoset Polymer at Elevated Temperature: Experiment and Modeling." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. June 2009; 131(3): 031405. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3110025
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