Mechanical response of fuel cell membranes subjected to a hygro-thermal cycle

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 987-996

  Kusoglu, Ahmet ^a   Karlsson, Anette M ^a   Santare, Michael H ^a   Cleghorn, Simon ^b   Johnson, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Gore Fuel Cell Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Hygro thermal loading; Linear elastic, perfectly plastic; Mechanical response; Nafion ; Proton exchange membrane (PEM)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYGROTHERMAL LOADING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NAFION®; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM);

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

EID: 33750950631     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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