Characterization of the biaxial response of a thermoplastic ABS Sheet using DIC-instrumented bubble inflation technique
VAREDI Rasoul, BUFFEL Bart, DESPLENTERE Frederik
download PDFAbstract. During the forming of a product with the thermo-vacuum forming process, a heated thermoplastic sheet is subjected to a complex and dynamic multi-axial deformation mode. In order to measure the relevant mechanical response of the material during processing, an experimental method that applies the relevant modes of deformation during forming is required. The bubble inflation technique combined with digital image correlation (DIC) allows having a complete data set regarding displacement, principal strains as well as local thickness reduction for material characterization. Bubble formation as a function of temperature would be investigated to determine the nonlinear terms of a material constitutive model for numerical simulation.
Keywords
Vacuum Forming Process, Large Rapid Deformation, Nonlinear Behavior, DIC
Published online 4/19/2023, 10 pages
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Citation: VAREDI Rasoul, BUFFEL Bart, DESPLENTERE Frederik, Characterization of the biaxial response of a thermoplastic ABS Sheet using DIC-instrumented bubble inflation technique, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 28, pp 1887-1896, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902479-204
The article was published as article 204 of the book Material Forming
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