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Because of the strong environmental sensitivity of poly(vinyl acetate), PVAc, especially with respect to moisture, and the fact that shear deformation is essentially equivoluminal up to moderate strain levels, little has been reported in the literature on the nonlinear mechanical creep behavior of this polymeric material loaded in shear. This paper presents the results of torsional tests which establish the shear response through the linear zone and well into the nonlinear region. Test specimens were thin-walled cylinders giving an approximately uniform deformation field. Because of carefully chosen wall thickness to length ratio, it is considered that these measurements represent some of the most accurate nonlinear shear results to date in the strain range above 1%. Measurements of stress, strain and creep compliance were made at temperatures near the glass transition temperature and somewhat below it. Isochronal shear stress-strain dependence into the nonlinear range was used to establish limits of viscoelastic linearity during creep. As temperature is increased toward the glass transition, the limit shows a greater dependence on stress than on strain. The stored distortional strain energy at the limit of linearity was not a constant but varied with temperature and load. Thus, these results appear not to support the concept of stored energy as a material property defining the threshold for nonlinear viscoelastic behavior. Strain during the short-time load-up period gives evidence that PVAc is also subject to nonlinear elasticity in the glassy response region.
Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 1, 1998
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