A Temperature-Dependent Viscoelastic Approach to the Constitutive Behavior of Semi-Crystalline Thermoplastics at Finite Deformations

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Abstract

The contribution at hand aims at the formulation of a promising constitutive model for solids exhibiting thermo-viscoelastic characteristics. Temperature dependency and nonlinear creep properties are included into this material formulation. In general, a phenomenological constitutive formulation considering isotropic thermoviscoelasticity at finite strains is introduced based upon a multiplicative split of the deformation gradient. The evolution equations for the inelastic deformation gradient are introduced in a thermo-dynamically consistent manner. In particular, the present approach focuses on an inelastic incompressibility condition and the principle of maximum of dissipation. The derivation starts from a well-defined Helmholtz energy function, which also includes a volumetric thermal deformation. For simplicity, isotropic thermal conductivity behavior is taken into account. The set of constitutive equations is consistently linearized and incorporated into a Newton-type solver. The physical applicability of the present formulation is validated by a promising numerical study, which has also demonstrated favourable numerical stability and robustness.

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Structured Materials
EditorsHolm Altenbach, Konstantin Naumenko
Chapter19
Pages321-334
Number of pages14
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2023
Peer-reviewedNo

Publication series

SeriesAdvanced Structured Materials
Volume194
ISSN1869-8433

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Scopus 85169149067
Mendeley e9b6d3aa-6396-30dc-8fc2-3ed21f24a479

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