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Characterization of Shear Strain on PDMS: Numerical and Experimental Approaches
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: Received: 24 April 2020 / Approved: 25 April 2020 / Online: 25 April 2020 (11:15:12 CEST)
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Souza, A.; Marques, E.; Balsa, C.; Ribeiro, J. Characterization of Shear Strain on PDMS: Numerical and Experimental Approaches. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3322. Souza, A.; Marques, E.; Balsa, C.; Ribeiro, J. Characterization of Shear Strain on PDMS: Numerical and Experimental Approaches. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3322.
Abstract
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is one of the most popular elastomers and has been used in different fields, especially in biomechanics research. Among the many interesting features of this material, its hyperelastic behaviour stands out, which allows the use of PDMS in various applications, like the ones that mimic soft tissues. However, the hyperelastic behaviour is not linear and needs detailed analysis, especially the characterization of shear strain. In this work, two approaches, numerical and experimental, were proposed to characterize the effect of shear strain on PDMS. The experimental method was implemented as a simple shear testing associated with 3D digital image correlation and was made using two specimens with two thicknesses of PDMS (2 and 4 mm). A finite element software was used to implement the numerical simulations, in which four different simulations using the Mooney-Rivlin, Yeoh, Gent, and Polynomial hyperelastic constitutive models were performed. These approaches showed that the maximum value of shear strain occurred in the central region of the PDMS, and higher values emerged for the 2 mm PDMS thickness. Qualitatively, in the central area of the specimen, the numerical and experimental results have similar behaviours and the values of shear strain are close. For higher values of displacement and thicknesses, the numerical simulation results move further away from experimental values.
Keywords
polydimethylsiloxane; hyperelasticity; shear strain; 3D digital image correlation; numerical simulation; finite element method; hyperelastic constitutive models
Subject
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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