Strain rate dependence and short-term relaxation behavior of a thermoset polymer at elevated temperature: Experiment and modeling

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  McClung, A J W ^a   Ruggles Wrenn, M B ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INELASTIC BEHAVIOR; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MONOTONIC LOADING; NON-LINEAR STRESS-STRAIN; NONLINEAR STRAIN; OVERSTRESSES; RATE OF DEFORMATION; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; RELAXATION TEST; SOLID POLYMERS; STRAIN RATE CHANGE; STRAIN RATE DEPENDENCE; STRAIN RECOVERY; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; TENSILE LOADING; THERMOSET POLYMERS; UNIFIED CONSTITUTIVE; VISCOPLASTICITY THEORY;

DEFORMATION; POLYMERS; RESINS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THERMOSETS; UNLOADING;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77955221413     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3110025     Document Type: Article

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