基于超弹性模型的玻璃态聚合物应变强化行为研究
MODELING STRAIN HARDENING OF GLASSY POLYMERS BASED ON HYPERELASTIC MODELS
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摘要: 经典的熵弹性模型多被用于预测橡胶等软材料的超弹性力学行为, 针对玻璃态聚合物在大变形过程中出现的应变强化行为, 早期的理论模型主要采用Neo-Hookean模型和八链模型来进行模拟. 为了验证其他超弹性模型能否更好的模拟玻璃态聚合物的应变强化行为, 文章建立玻璃态聚合物的黏塑性模型, 采用三元件模型来表征玻璃态聚合物在变形过程中的力学响应, 并用Langevin 统计模型来表征熵弹性变形自由能, 针对强化效应, 分别采用三链模型、八链模型、全链模型和p-root模型这4种超弹性模型来构建背应力. 最后模拟了文献中PC和PMMA在单轴压缩和平面应变压缩条件下的应力响应, 以及PETG在不同应变率下的力学行为, 全面评估了这些模型的表现. 与文献中的实验数据进行对比显示, 基于p-root模型和八链模型的方法能够更好地模拟玻璃态聚合物在单轴加载和平面应变条件下的变形行为. 其中p-root模型比八链模型表现稍好, 且这两个模型的误差均显著小于三链模型和全链模型. 文章的结果能为后续玻璃态聚合物强化效应的理论建模提供参考.Abstract: Classic hyperelastic models have been widely adopted to describe the mechanical response of rubbers. In early studies, the strain hardening of glassy polymers is also modeled by using a hyperelastic model, such as the Neo-Hookean model and the eight-chain model. To verify whether other hyperelastic models can better simulate the strain hardening behavior of glassy polymers, in this work, we develop a viscoplastic model to describe the mechanical behavior of the glassy polymers. The model consists of three components to characterize the mechanical response of glassy polymers and a Langevin statistical model is adopted for the entropic elastic free energy. The model incorporates a back stress for strain hardening behaviors based on different hyperelastic models, including the three-chain model, the eight-chain model, the full-chain model and the p-root model. The models are then applied to simulate the stress responses of PC and PMMA under uniaxial compression and plane strain compression conditions, as well as the mechanical behavior of PETG at different strain rates in the literature, in order to obtain a comprehensive assessment. The results of the simulations and experiments show that the models based on the p-root model and the eight-chain model can better simulate the deformation behaviors of the glass polymers in uniaxial loading and plane strain conditions. The p-root model performs slightly better than the eight-chain model. In addition, the relative error of these two models are significantly smaller than that of the three-chain model and the full-chain model. This work may shed light on developing constitutive models for glassy polymers.