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A predictive model for the mechanical behavior of particulate composites
Author(s) -
Anderson Lori L.,
Farris Richard J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760280806
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , constitutive equation , elasticity (physics) , nonlinear system , particle (ecology) , filler (materials) , strain energy , thermodynamics , finite element method , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , geology
A method for predicting the stress‐strain and volumetric behavior of particulate composites from constituent properties has been developed for large values of strain. This approach allows a simple model for systems in which damage occurs without resorting to complicated constitutive equations. An energy balance derived from the first law of thermodynamics and the equations of linear elasticity calculates critical strain values at which filler particles will dewet when subjected to uniaxial tension and superimposed pressure. Calculations of critical strains over the entire strain history using reevaluated material properties accounting for the damage yield highly nonlinear stress‐strain and volumetric curves. Experimentally observed dependences on particle size, filler concentration, matrix and filler properties, and superimposed pressure are correctly predicted. The method has no adjustable parameters, and allows several idealized models of the dewetting process to be examined. Comparisons of model predictions to experimental data show good agreement.