应变速率对介电弹性体材料粘弹性的影响.docVIP

  应变速率对介电弹性体材料粘弹性的影响# 强俊花，陈花玲** （西安交通大学机械工程学院，西安 710049） 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 摘要：介电弹性材料是一种新型的电活性聚合物，由于其变形大、能量密度高、质量轻、价 格低等特点而在工程领域具有非常广泛的应用前景。鉴于当前对该材料的粘弹特性研究不够 充分的问题，本文使用 Tytron 250 微小力试验机对目前被广泛研究的一种介电弹性材料— VHB4910 材料在不同应变速率情况下的应力-应变关系、应力松弛特性、滞后现象等表征材 料粘弹性的不同方面进行了实验研究。结果表明：随着应变速率增大，材料的应力-应变关 系逐渐呈现非线性特征，并且材料内部应力也随之增大；变形过程损耗的能量随着应变速率 的增大而增大；材料的初始应变速率越大，应力松弛越快。基于实验研究结果，本文对常用 的 Yeoh 应变能模型进行了修正使其成为以变形率和应变速率为变量的双变量方程，从而能 够充分体现应变速率对应力-应变关系的影响。本文的研究结果一方面可以为 VHB4910 材料 的实际应用提供理论指导，另一方面可为机电耦合建模研究中考虑粘弹性的影响提供依据。 关键词：功能高分子材料；介电弹性体材料；粘弹性；应变速率；Yeoh 模型 中图分类号：TB381 The effect of strain rate on viscoelasticity of dielectric elastomer QIANG Junhua, CHEN Hualing (School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049) Abstract: Dielectric Elastomer (DE) is a class of electroactive polymers, its features of large deformation and high energy density as well as light weight and low cost imply this smart material as a candidate for wide practical applications. In consideration of the problem that the viscoelasticity of DE has not been sufficiently studied, we conducted extensive experimental work on a typical class of DE—VHB4910 to probe its viscoelastic property with Tytron 250 micro-force testing system, involving tests of stress-strain curves, stress relaxation curves and hysteretic curves under various strain rates. Experimental data indicate that: when strain rate becomes larger, the stress-strain curve becomes nonlinear, stress interior of VHB4910 increases and energy loss in the process of deformation also increases. Whats more, the stress of specimen with higher strain rate relaxs faster. On the basis of experimental results, we proposed a modified Yeoh model, which embodies the effect of strain rate when considering the stress-strain relationship. Conclusions drawn in this paper may guide the applications of VHB4910 in practice and lay a foundation for further modelling research involving the influence of viscoelasticity. Keywords: Functional polymer mater