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Phenomenological modeling of viscous

electrostrictive polymers
L. Harish (AM13D025)
Introduction
 Polymers which respond mechanically to electrical input are

termed as electro active polymers(EAPs)

 Large electric field leads to couloumb forces and it termed as

maxwell effect
Introduction
 Electrostatic itself is not enough but also to include the viscosity

of the polymer to consider time dependent effects.

 Large electric field leads to couloumb forces and it termed as

maxwell effect.
Introduction
 It is an electro-viscoelastic coupled problem including
electrostriction and time dependence present in PUelastomers.

 It is assumed that the viscosity is related to the deformation of the

body but not directly to the electromagnetic field quantities.

 Electric loading will make the body deform and there by induces

the viscous deformation.

 Viscoelastic modeling will be based on a multiplicative split of the

deformation. And additive split of the longterm and non-

equilibrium viscous contributions of free energy.
Deformation Tensors

 Deformation gradient is multiplicatively split into its volumetric and isochoric

parts
Electromagnetic field quantities
 Consider electro static case
Governing equations
 The electric field and displacements are governed by Maxwell’s equations.
Constitutive framework
 Material can be described by an energy function and free energy function can
be split into separate contributions.
Constitutive models: Energy expressions

 Electric displacements:
Total stresses
Viscosity driving stresses

Mandel type referential stress tensor:

Referential viscous piola Kirchhoff type stresses:

Viscosity driving stresses
Evolution Equations
 Mandel type stresses can conveniently be used to formulate a
thermodynamically consistent model.
 The format of evolution law considered here resembles an approach commonly
used in time dependent plasticity theories.
 Considered function or rather potential:
Evolution Equations
Application to PU elastomer
 For viscous strains the power law type evolution law as well as the Bonet
model are used.
 A good fit to the experimental data can be found by using two viscosity
elements and k=1
Application to PU elastomer
 For viscous strains the power law type evolution law as well as the Bonet
model are used.
Application to PU elastomer
Application to PU elastomer
Application to PU elastomer
Application to PU elastomer