Effects of crystal content on the mechanical behaviour of polyethylene under finite strains: Experiments and constitutive modelling

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-511

  Ayoub, G ^a   Zairi F ^a   Frederix C ^a   Gloaguen, J M ^a   Nait Abdelaziz M ^a   Seguela, R ^a   Lefebvre, J M ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperelastic viscoplastic behaviour; Large deformations; Microstructure; Semicrystalline polymers; Unloading response

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE TESTING; UNLOADING; X RAY SCATTERING;

DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; IDENTIFICATION SCHEME; RESISTANCE TO DEFORMATION; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; UNLOADING RESPONSE; VISCOPLASTIC;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 79952282790     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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