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Full-Field Deformation Measurement in Polymeric Foam Specimens.

DE2001775576

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Liu, C.
Page Count	5
Abstract	In this investigation, a simple experimental technique, dot-matrix deposition and mapping, was developed to study the full-field deformation in a polymeric foam specimen. One of the advantages of using this technique is that it can be easily applied to situations where large deformations are involved. The spatial resolution of the current technique is not as high as the digital image correlation method and some other optical techniques. Nevertheless, because the largest cell diameter of the polyurethane foam studied in this investigation is about 1 mm, the smallest length scale over which the polymeric foam material can be treated as a homogeneous solid would be at least several millimeters. For the element size used in the present study in the range of 2.5 x 2.5 mm, the dot-matrix deposition and mapping technique would provide enough detail about the behavior of polymeric foam materials under complicated deformation states and under complicated loading conditions. It will also provide useful information to compare with numerical simulations so that the constitutive models can be validated.
Keywords	Deformation Deposition Polyurethanes Foams Spatial resolution
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	71M - Miscellaneous Materials
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200125
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36

Full-Field Deformation Measurement in Polymeric Foam Specimens.

Full-Field Deformation Measurement in Polymeric Foam Specimens.
DE2001775576

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Liu, C.
Page Count	5
Abstract	In this investigation, a simple experimental technique, dot-matrix deposition and mapping, was developed to study the full-field deformation in a polymeric foam specimen. One of the advantages of using this technique is that it can be easily applied to situations where large deformations are involved. The spatial resolution of the current technique is not as high as the digital image correlation method and some other optical techniques. Nevertheless, because the largest cell diameter of the polyurethane foam studied in this investigation is about 1 mm, the smallest length scale over which the polymeric foam material can be treated as a homogeneous solid would be at least several millimeters. For the element size used in the present study in the range of 2.5 x 2.5 mm, the dot-matrix deposition and mapping technique would provide enough detail about the behavior of polymeric foam materials under complicated deformation states and under complicated loading conditions. It will also provide useful information to compare with numerical simulations so that the constitutive models can be validated.
Keywords	Deformation Deposition Polyurethanes Foams Spatial resolution
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	71M - Miscellaneous Materials
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200125
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36