TY  - JOUR
A1  - Harish, Ajay B.
A1  - Wriggers, Peter
A1  - Jungk, Juliane
A1  - Hojdis, Nils
A1  - Recker, Carla
T1  - Mesoscale Constitutive Modeling of Non-Crystallizing Filled Elastomers
T2  - Computational Mechanics
N2  - Elastomers are exceptional materials owing to their ability to undergo large deformations before failure. However, due to their very low stiffness, they are not always suitable for industrial applications. Addition of filler particles provides reinforcing effects and thus enhances the material properties that render them more versatile for applications like tyres etc. However, deformation behavior of filled polymers is accompanied by several nonlinear effects like Mullins and Payne effect. To this day, the physical and chemical changes resulting in such nonlinear effect remain an active area of research. In this work, we develop a heterogeneous (or multiphase) constitutive model at the mesoscale explicitly considering filler particle aggregates, elastomeric matrix and their mechanical interaction through an approximate interface layer. The developed constitutive model is used to demonstrate cluster breakage, also, as one of the possible sources for Mullins effect observed in non-crystallizing filled elastomers.
Y1  - 2016
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9318
SN  - 1432-0924
VL  - 57
SP  - 653
EP  - 677
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -