Numerical investigation of fracture behaviour of polyurethane adhesives under the influence of moisture

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Main Authors: Josyula, Siva Pavan, Diebels, Stefan
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Published: 2024
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author Josyula, Siva Pavan
Diebels, Stefan
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Diebels, Stefan
contents Polyurethane adhesives are extensively used in manufacturing of the lightweight components. These adhesives are hygroscopic in nature causing the material to degrade their mechanical properties due to ageing under environmental conditions. Polyurethane adhesive shows non-linear rate-dependent behaviour due to viscoelastic properties and assumes nearly incompressible deformation. Finite-strain viscoelastic model is formulated based on the continuum rheological model by combining spring and Maxwell elements in parallel. Nearly incompressible property is considered by decomposing the mechanical free energy into volumetric and isochoric parts. This work focuses on the investigation of the influence of moisture on the fracture behaviour. Phase-field damage model proved to be an efficient method to investigate the fracture behaviour. Therefore, the finite-strain viscoelastic material model is coupled with the phase-field model to investigate fracture behaviour. Material is assumed to be isotropic, therefore the total mechanical energy is considered for bulk degradation. Experiments are conducted on the samples aged for different humid conditions to understand tear strength. These test results are used to identify the phase-field damage material parameters from numerical investigation.
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spellingShingle Numerical investigation of fracture behaviour of polyurethane adhesives under the influence of moisture
Josyula, Siva Pavan
Diebels, Stefan
Applied Physics
Polyurethane adhesives are extensively used in manufacturing of the lightweight components. These adhesives are hygroscopic in nature causing the material to degrade their mechanical properties due to ageing under environmental conditions. Polyurethane adhesive shows non-linear rate-dependent behaviour due to viscoelastic properties and assumes nearly incompressible deformation. Finite-strain viscoelastic model is formulated based on the continuum rheological model by combining spring and Maxwell elements in parallel. Nearly incompressible property is considered by decomposing the mechanical free energy into volumetric and isochoric parts. This work focuses on the investigation of the influence of moisture on the fracture behaviour. Phase-field damage model proved to be an efficient method to investigate the fracture behaviour. Therefore, the finite-strain viscoelastic material model is coupled with the phase-field model to investigate fracture behaviour. Material is assumed to be isotropic, therefore the total mechanical energy is considered for bulk degradation. Experiments are conducted on the samples aged for different humid conditions to understand tear strength. These test results are used to identify the phase-field damage material parameters from numerical investigation.
title Numerical investigation of fracture behaviour of polyurethane adhesives under the influence of moisture
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04420