Conversion of engineering stresses to Cauchy stresses in tensile and compression tests of thermoplastic polymers

Abstract: Thermoplastic polymers exhibit non-isochoric behaviour during tensile and compression testing as well as particular deformations like local necking (tension) or buckling (compression). A method for the determination of Cauchy stresses from tensile and compression tests is presented, that considers the actual deformations of the test specimens. The exact geometry of the specimens in the respective present configuration is determined in photographs, which are taken continuously throughout the test. The engineering stresses at several time points are converted into Cauchy stresses using newly developed formulas in consideration of the actual specimen geometry. For validation finite element analyses of the tensile and compression tests are performed using the identified stress-strain curves. The numerical results show good agreement with the experiments for the tested polymers. Thus a method for conversion of engineering to Cauchy stresses in tensile and compression tests could be established considering the non-isochoric deformation in plasticity. With this method “true” stress-strain curves as input for finite element material models can be identified for arbitrary materials.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Conversion of engineering stresses to Cauchy stresses in tensile and compression tests of thermoplastic polymers ; volume:2 ; number:1 ; year:2016 ; pages:649-652 ; extent:4
Current directions in biomedical engineering ; 2, Heft 1 (2016), 649-652 (gesamt 4)

Creator
Schümann, Kerstin
Röhr, Udo
Schmitz, Klaus-Peter
Grabow, Niels

DOI
10.1515/cdbme-2016-0142
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410141646503.825159498436
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Schümann, Kerstin
  • Röhr, Udo
  • Schmitz, Klaus-Peter
  • Grabow, Niels

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