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A unified modeling approach for amorphous shape memory polymers and shape memory polymer based syntactic foam
Author(s) -
Gu Jianping,
Sun Huiyu,
Fang Jianshi,
Fang Changqing,
Xu Zhenqin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.3789
Subject(s) - shape memory polymer , materials science , viscoelasticity , superposition principle , amorphous solid , shape memory alloy , deformation (meteorology) , relaxation (psychology) , glass transition , hyperelastic material , arrhenius equation , composite material , thermodynamics , polymer , mechanics , classical mechanics , physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , finite element method , psychology , social psychology , chemistry , kinetics , organic chemistry
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) and shape memory polymer composites have drawn considerable attention in recent years for their shape memory effects. A unified modeling approach is proposed to describe thermomechanical behaviors and shape memory effects of thermally activated amorphous SMPs and SMP‐based syntactic foam by using the generalized finite deformation multiple relaxation viscoelastic theory coupled with time–temperature superposition property. In this paper, the thermoviscoelastic parameters are determined from a single dynamic mechanical analysis temperature sweep at a constant frequency. The relaxation time strongly depends on the temperature and the variation follows the time–temperature superposition principle. The horizontal shift factor can be obtained by the Williams–Landel–Ferry equation at temperatures above or close to the reference temperature ( T r ), and by the Arrhenius equation at temperatures below T r . As the Arruda–Boyce eight‐chain model captures the hyperelastic behavior of the material up to large deformation, it is used here to describe partial material behaviors. The thermal expansion coefficient of the material is regarded as temperature dependent. Comparisons between the model results and the thermomechanical experiments presented in the literature show an acceptable agreement. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.