A time and hydration dependent viscoplastic model for polyelectrolyte membranes in fuel cells

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Solasi, Roham ^a   Zou, Yue ^a   Huang, Xinyu ^a   Reifsnider, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Mechanical behavior; Nafion ; Polymer membrane; Relaxation; Viscoplastic

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; IONOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN RATE; VISCOPLASTICITY;

IONOMER MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POLYMER MEMBRANES; VISCOPLASTICITY MODELS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 41549117591     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11043-007-9040-7     Document Type: Article

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