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- Title
Failure mechanism of rigid polyurethane foam under high temperature vibration condition by experimental and finite element method.
- Authors
Wu, Jiacheng; He, Yannan; Yu, Zhiqiang
- Abstract
The failure mechanism of rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) under room temperature (RT) and high temperature vibration conditions was investigated by experiment and finite element stimulation. Damaged RPUF specimens were prepared at different vibration amplitudes ranging from 0 to 19.879 mm at RT and 150 °C for different vibration times. The tensile test was utilized to evaluate the vibration damage degree of RPUFs, and the results exhibited that tensile strength decreased gradually with the increase of vibration amplitude and time at both RT and 150 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy illustrated that thermal degradation of RPUF is attributed to the decomposition of carbonyl urethane groups at 150 °C. The scanning electron microscopy analysis of the tensile fracture surfaces revealed that the vibration failure of RPUF mainly resulted from the existence of microcracks in cell structure. A finite element simulation was established by ABAQUS to study stress distribution of RPUF under different vibration loads, which then demonstrated that the microcracks are most likely to exist on the junction of two microcell units, which is due to convergence of stress in the process of vibration. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48343.
- Subjects
URETHANE foam; HIGH temperatures; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; MICROCRACKS; FOURIER analysis; CARBONYL group; FINITE element method
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020, Vol 137, Issue 6, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.48343