Stress – strain
behavior of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) during large Plastic Deformation
by Plane Strain Compression. Part II: The Stress – Strain – Temperature (SST)
Superposition Principle
Elton Luís Gasparotto
Denardin, Dimitrios Samios*
1. Laboratório de
Instrumentação e Dinâmica Molecular,
Instituto de Química/UFRGS.;
Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Cx.
Postal: 15003,
Porto Alegre – RS, CEP: 91501-970, Brazil
The temperature effect on the stress – strain behavior obtained during plane strain compression of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) was studied using a specific device which permitted well controlled temperature, strain rate and the application of pressures up to 650 MPa. Annealed and non-annealed PET samples obtained by injection molding were studied. It is demonstrated that the Stress – Strain – Temperature (SST) superposition principle can be well applied to describe the behavior of the studied system. The thermo-mechanical history of the annealed and non-annealed materials is clearly depicted into the Stress-Strain-Temperature superposition master curves indicating transitions related to the Tg and the crystallization of the samples.
Keywords: Stress – strain – temperature superposition, plane strain compression, PET
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