Hossain, M., Vu, D. K. and Steinmann, P. (2012) Experimental study and numerical modelling of VHB 4910 polymer. Computational Materials Science, 59, pp. 65-74. (doi: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.02.027)
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Abstract
VHB 4910 is an important polymeric material that has potential use as electro-active polymer in producing actuators. Such polymer, a member of the acrylic polymer group, is a very soft viscoelastic material. In this contribution, a comprehensive mechanical characterization of this important viscoelastic material has been carried out using different standard experiments such as single-step relaxation tests, multi-step relaxation tests and loading-unloading cyclic tests. In modelling the mechanical behaviour, a modified version of the micro-mechanically motivated Bergström-Boyce viscoelastic model has been used along with a finite linear evolution law. The model validation shows its excellent capability to predict the experimental results.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Project “Electronic electroactive polymer under electric loading: Experiment, modelling and simulation”, Grant No. STE 544/36–1. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Steinmann, Professor Paul |
| Authors: | Hossain, M., Vu, D. K., and Steinmann, P. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment |
| Journal Name: | Computational Materials Science |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0927-0256 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1879-0801 |
| Published Online: | 21 March 2012 |
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