Load-displacement behavior for double-edge cracked plate of polytetrafluoroethylene |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Opto-Mechanics (LOM/LMTA), Department of Mechanical Engineering (TEM/PGMEC), Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Rua Passo da Pátria, 156, Bloco E, Sala 216, Niterói, RJ CEP 24210-240, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has been employed in many engineering applications, mainly due to its special properties such as high electrical resistivity, high melting temperature, chemical inertness, corrosion resistance and very low friction. Although there are many works on PTFE, very few attempts have been made to understand the fracture behavior of this material. For this reason, the load-displacement behavior of double-edge cracked specimens of PTFE was examined and modeled and is reported in this paper. Specimens were tested under monotonic tensile load in quasi-static conditions at constant temperature. Images of the region around the crack were captured with a high-resolution camera and then processed by digital image correlation to obtain the displacement fields. Using these data, values of crack tip opening displacement and crack extension were estimated. To model the behavior of PTFE, a constitutive phenomenological model based on saturation and power law expressions combined with a damage evolution equation is proposed. The predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data. |
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Keywords: | Fracture Crack propagation PTFE Digital image correlation Modeling |
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