VISCOELASTIC STRESS MODEL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATON OF PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID (PFSA) POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES

ASME 2005 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 161-167

  Lai, Yeh Hung ^a   Mittelsteadt, Cortney K ^b   Gittleman, Craig S ^a   Dillard, David A ^c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Giner Incorporated and Giner Electrochemical Systems LLC   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DUCTILE FRACTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID ELECTROLYTES; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACID POLYMERS; CREEP COMPLIANCE; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE STRESS; PEM FUEL CELL; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; STRESS MODELS; VISCOELASTIC STRESS MODEL;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84910072287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FUELCELL2005-74120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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