Structural mechanics of semicrystalline polymers prior to the yield point: a review

S Patlazhan, Y Remond - Journal of Materials Science, 2012 - Springer
The review focuses on the current studies of the deformation response and accompanying
structural transformations of thermoplastic semicrystalline polymers subjected to uniaxial …

Fatigue analysis of FDM materials

J Lee, A Huang - Rapid prototyping journal, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of fatigue on fused deposition
modeling rapid prototyped acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) materials …

Mechanical enhancement of melt-stretched β-nucleated isotactic polypropylene: The role of lamellar branching of β-crystal

Z Liu, X Liu, G Zheng, K Dai, C Liu, C Shen, R Yin… - Polymer Testing, 2017 - Elsevier
Melt-stretched isotactic polypropylene (iPP) filled with different weight fractions (0, 0.1, 0.2
and 0.4 wt%) of β-nucleating agent (β-NA) was extruded via a single screw extruder with a …

Multiaxial fatigue behavior of thermoplastics including mean stress and notch effects: Experiments and modeling

M Amjadi, A Fatemi - International Journal of Fatigue, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoplastics are used in many industries with many applications and can be
manufactured using different processing techniques. Multiaxial loading and non …

Cyclic viscoplasticity of semicrystalline polymers with finite deformations

AD Drozdov, R Klitkou, JC Christiansen - Mechanics of Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Observations are reported on low density polyethylene (LDPE) in uniaxial tensile cyclic tests
(oscillations between maximum elongation ratios k max (n) and the zero minimum stress σ …

Molecular dynamics simulations on cyclic deformation of an epoxy thermoset

C Li, E Jaramillo, A Strachan - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the thermo-mechanical response of a
thermosetting polymer (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A with 3, 3′ diamino-Diphenylsulfone) …

Effect of molecular structure of curing agents on cyclic creep in highly cross‐linked epoxy polymers

H Park, I Chung, M Cho - Journal of Polymer Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ratcheting behavior of highly–cross‐linked epoxy polymers was investigated considering
the effect of molecular structure of curing agents by molecular dynamics simulations. Cyclic …

Creep–fatigue relationship in polymer: Molecular dynamics simulations approach

IH Sahputra, AT Echtermeyer - Macromolecular Theory and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The creep‐tensile fatigue relationship is investigated using MD simulations for amorphous
polyethylene, by stepwise increasing the R‐ratio from 0.3 for fatigue to an R‐ratio= 1 for …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical responses of semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymers at various temperatures

R Song, M Berer, A Muliana - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the mechanical responses of three semi-crystalline POM polymers
under uniaxial tension and compression loadings with various loading histories and at …

Cyclic strengthening of polypropylene under strain-controlled loading

AD Drozdov - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2011 - Elsevier
Experimental data are reported on isotactic polypropylene in uniaxial tensile cyclic tests with
a strain-controlled program (oscillations between fixed minimum and maximum strains) at …