Thermodynamically-consistent multiscale constitutive modeling of glassy polymer materials
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2009
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Abstract
The multiscale modeling of polymer-based materials has many challenges that not yet been fully addressed in the literature. These challenges are summarized and discussed. A particular challenge is the modeling of the large distribution of microstates that exist in many bulk engineering polymer materials. A multiscale modeling approach is proposed to predict the bulk Young's modulus of polymers using a series of molecular models of individual polymer microstates and a statistics-based micromechanical modeling method. The method is applied to polyimide and polycarbonate material systems.
Publication Title
IUTAM Bookseries
ISBN
978-1-4020-9557-3
Recommended Citation
Valavala, P.,
&
Odegard, G. M.
(2009).
Thermodynamically-consistent multiscale constitutive modeling of glassy polymer materials.
IUTAM Bookseries,
13, 43-51.
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9557-3_6
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/4029
