Accession Number:

ADA566369

Title:

Mechanical Response of Polycarbonate with Strength Model Fits

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Oct 2010-Oct 2011

Corporate Author:

DYNAMIC SCIENCE INC ABERDEEN MD

Personal Author(s):

• Dwivedi, Ajmer
• Bradley, Jermaine
• Casem, Daniel

Report Date:

2012-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

Experiments were conducted on polycarbonate to investigate how the material responds mechanically at varying deformation rates and elevated temperatures. The data was then used to determine parameters for the Johnson-Cook strength model and the Zerilli-Armstrong polymer strength model. Quasi-static tests were conducted at strain rates between 0.005s and 0.4s using a servo-hydraulic load frame. Dynamic compression experiments were performed using the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar and resulted in strain rates between 1750s and 15,000s. Pre-heated specimens were tested in both setups to determine the effects of thermal softening. The results indicate that the material response is rate sensitive with an enhanced hardening at rates greater than 10s. Predictably, tests conducted at elevated temperatures cause a decrease in the apparent yield and flow stress. Model fits to the data are shown to provide a reasonable approximation of real world behavior.

Descriptors:

• *MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• *POLYCARBONATES
• COMPRESSION
• DEFORMATION
• HARDENING
• HIGH TEMPERATURE
• PLASTICS
• ROOM TEMPERATURE
• STRAIN RATE
• STRENGTH(MECHANICS)
• TENSION
• THERMOPLASTIC RESINS
• YIELD

Subject Categories:

• Polymer Chemistry
• Plastics
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE