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Flexural properties of polyamides: influence of strain rate, friction and moulding-induced anisotropy

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posted on 2017-06-30, 10:26 authored by Dan A. Serban, Tudor Voiconi, Liviu Marsavina, Vadim SilberschmidtVadim Silberschmidt
In recent years, advances in material testing equipment caused the determination of mechanical properties by means of three-point bending tests to lose ground in detriment to more accurate tensile tests. However, if components undergo bending deformation in service, the identification of the material's flexural behaviour is essential. The investigated material is a thermoplastic polymer, test specimens being cut in prismatic shapes from injected sheets, which present a variation in properties due to cooling conditions. This paper presents results of three-point bending tests with emphasis on the influence of strain rate and anisotropy on flexural strength and chord modulus. Results show an increase in flexural properties with strain rate and a considerable influence of anisotropy on mechanical properties.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Key Engineering Materials

Volume

601

Pages

29 - 32

Citation

SERBAN, D. ... et al., 2014. Flexural properties of polyamides: influence of strain rate, friction and moulding-induced anisotropy. Key Engineering Materials, 601, pp.29-32.

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© TransTech

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

ISSN

1013-9826

eISSN

1662-9795

Language

  • en

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