Nonlinearity in the Mechanical Response of Rubber as Investigated by High-Frequency DMA

Nonlinearity in the Mechanical Response of Rubber as Investigated by High-Frequency DMA

Nonlinear material response is analysed with the Fourier transform (FT) of the raw signal measured by a high-frequency dynamic mechanical analyzer (HF DMA). It is known from rheological behaviour of elastomers that reinforcing fillers additionally induce nonlinearity in an already inherently nonline...

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Published in:Polymers Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 581
Main Authors: Syed, Imran Hussain, Vouagner, Pascal, Fleck, Frank, Lacayo-Pineda, Jorge
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01-04-2019
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Subjects:
Deformation
Deformation effects
Elastomers
Fillers
foldover effect
Fourier transforms
Frequency analysis
HF DMA
Investigations
Mechanical analysis
Nonlinear response
Nonlinear systems
Nonlinearity
Percolation
Rheological properties
Rubber
Strain
superharmonic resonance
Viscoelasticity
HF DMA
superharmonic resonance
foldover effect
nonlinearity
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Summary:Nonlinear material response is analysed with the Fourier transform (FT) of the raw signal measured by a high-frequency dynamic mechanical analyzer (HF DMA). It is known from rheological behaviour of elastomers that reinforcing fillers additionally induce nonlinearity in an already inherently nonlinear system. This behaviour is often described in terms of a mechanical response of strain sweeps, essentially the transition from the linear viscoelastic (LVE) to the nonlinear viscoelastic (NVE) region. In the current investigation, the NVE region could be observed with respect to frequency under low-amplitude deformation. A foldover effect was observed, whereby the material exhibited a nonlinear dependency in relation to the increment of the filler amount above the percolation threshold. In addition, an apparent superharmonic resonance was observed within higher orders of vibrational modes which is further indication of nonlinearity. In this paper, the analytical approach is presented as a novel method to characterise the behaviour of the polymer⁻filler interaction by HF DMA.
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ISSN:2073-4360
2073-4360
DOI:10.3390/polym11040581