A statistical approach to characterize the viscoelastic creep compliances of a vinyl ester polymer

The objective of this study was to develop a model to predict the viscoelastic material functions of a vinyl ester (VE) polymer with variations in its experimentally obtained material properties under combined isothermal and mechanical loading. Short-term tensile creep experiments were conducted at three temperatures below the glass transition temperature of the VE polymer, with 10 replicates for each test configuration. The measured creep strain versus time responses were used to determine the creep compliances using the generalized viscoelastic constitutive equation with a Prony series representation. The variation in the creep compliances of a VE polymer was described by formulating the probability density functions (PDFs) and the corresponding cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) of the creep compliances using a two-parameter Weibull distribution. Both Weibull scale and shape parameters of the creep compliance distributions were shown to be time and temperature dependent. Two-dimensional quadratic Lagrange interpolation functions were used to characterize the Weibull parameters to obtain the PDFs and, subsequently, the CDFs of the creep compliances for the complete design temperature range during steady state creep. At each test temperature, creep compliance curves were obtained for constant CDF values and compared with the experimental data. The predicted creep compliances of the selected VE polymer in the design space are in good agreement with the experimental data for all three test temperatures.     

Exploring the effect of radiation crosslinking on the physico‐mechanical,dynamic mechanical and dielectric properties of EOC–PDMS blends for cable insulation applications

This work focuses on the effect of electron beam irradiation on the physico‐mechanical, dynamic mechanical and dielectric properties of blends based on ethylene octene copolymer (EOC) and poly dimethyl siloxane (PDMS) rubber. It is found that electron beam irradiation caused considerable improvement in the physico‐mechanical properties; the tensile strength was enhanced by nearly 35% for 70:30 EOC:PDMS blend. Phase morphology of the blends analyzed before irradiation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) exhibited droplet/matrix morphology with sizes of the PDMS rubber domain varying from 0.55 µm to 0.47 µm as the amount of PDMS rubber decreased from 30 wt% to 10 wt%. This reduction in the PDMS rubber domain has been correlated with the physico‐mechanical properties of the blends. Further, the dynamic mechanical properties and creep behavior of these EOC:PDMS blends before and after irradiation has been studied. It is inferred that the 70:30 blend after radiation crosslinking shows a 17% decrease in the creep compliance, i.e. higher creep resistance compared to neat blends. All the radiation crosslinked blends exhibited lower dielectric constant, lower dielectric loss and higher electrical resistivity as compared to the virgin blends which makes it suitable for cable insulating application. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

平面应变状态下不可压缩幂硬化蠕变材料中刚性片状夹杂的奇异场和局部解

本文采用Williams特征展开方法结合Lee伪应力函数方法得到了平面应变状态下不可压缩幂硬化蠕变材料中刚性片状夹杂物的奇异场和局部解.研究发现,夹杂物尖端的应力奇性为r~(-m/2),与幂硬化指数m有关;而应变奇性为r~(-1/2),与幂硬化指数无关.本文通过选择积分路径给出了近尖的局部解,并用显函数的形式给出了近尖应力和位移的角变化.     

ABS注塑制品的模内蠕变试验研究

不同于传统的热残余应力分析,本文着眼于注塑制品的模内蠕变研究。通过测试ABS注塑薄板在不同工艺条件下的收缩变形,比较基于弹性理论的热收缩,进而得到了模内蠕变量。分析结果表明,模内蠕变对于降低制品最终的收缩变形起着重要的作用。在研究了各种工艺条件对制件模内蠕变的影响后,发现较低的模腔表面温度或较长的成型周期会导致蠕变增大,而制件在模内的蠕变(或应力松弛)主要发生在固化后的高温区。本文同时探讨了保压压力对蠕变的影响。高注塑保压压力通常会减小注塑件的收缩,但同时会减小制件模内蠕变。     

直立顺层边坡的黏弹性稳定分析

直立边坡的失稳与岩体的流变性质密切相关，其在一定载荷作用下失稳表现出延迟特性。采用自重作用下的梁柱力学模型，考虑岩石的流变性，给出了不同材料模型下直立边坡的极限坡高及其分析方法。     

Quick assessment methodology for reliability of solder joints in ball grid array (BGA) assembly—Part I: Creep constitutive relation and fatigue model

In this study, a new unified creep constitutive relation and a modified energy-based fatigue model have been established respectively to describe the creep flow and predict the fatigue life of Sn−Pb solders. It is found that the relation successfully elucidates the creep mechanism related to current constitutive relations. The model can be used to describe the temperature and frequency dependent low cycle fatigue behavior of the solder. The relation and the model are further employed in part II to develop the numerical simulation approach for the long-term reliability assessment of the plastic ball grid array (BGA) assembly. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59705008)     

旋转壳非线性蠕变分析

基于现有的蠕变理论,本文推导出复杂应力状态下的蠕变本构方程,以内力与转角为基本未知量,得到旋转壳在轴对称载荷作用下的非线性蠕变控制方程.对基本未知量在空间上采用样条配点法离散,在时域上采用初应力法离散,求出壳体在不同时域的蠕变应变和应力,而最终可求出蠕变后的稳态应力重新分布.计算结果表明同,本文分析方法是有效的.     

高密度聚乙烯的复合应力蠕变

本文通过实验方法确定多重积分型蠕变方程中的各个时间函数,并在认识材材料非线性粘弹特征的基础上作出合理修正,最后得到适用于单轴及复合应力条件下的蠕变方程。     

界面特性对短纤维金属基复合材料蠕变行为的影响

基于短纤维增强金属基复合材料(MMC)的单纤维三维模型(三相)，利用粘弹性有限元分析方法对影响金属基复合材料的蠕变行为的因素进行了较为系统的分析。研究中主要讨论了界面特性和纤维取向角对金属基复合材料的蠕变性能的影响。研究结果发现，界面特性诸如厚度、模量和应力指数都对纤维最大轴应力和稳定蠕变率产生影响：稳态蠕变率随界面模量的增大而逐渐减小，当高于基体模量时基本保持不变；纤维轴应力的变化与蠕变率正好相反。稳态蠕变率随界面厚度、应力指数的增加而增大；而轴应力则随之减小。同时不同的纤维取向也影响金属基复合材料蠕变时的轴应力分布和稳态蠕变率。