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Dynamic modulus

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Dynamic modulus (sometimes complex modulus[1]) is the ratio of stress to strain under vibratory conditions (calculated from data obtained from either free or forced vibration tests, in shear, compression, or elongation). It is a property of viscoelastic materials.

Viscoelastic stress–strain phase-lag

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Viscoelasticity is studied using dynamic mechanical analysis where an oscillatory force (stress) is applied to a material and the resulting displacement (strain) is measured.[2]

  • In purely elastic materials the stress and strain occur in phase, so that the response of one occurs simultaneously with the other.
  • In purely viscous materials, there is a phase difference between stress and strain, where strain lags stress by a 90 degree ( radian) phase lag.
  • Viscoelastic materials exhibit behavior somewhere in between that of purely viscous and purely elastic materials, exhibiting some phase lag in strain.[3]

Stress and strain in a viscoelastic material can be represented using the following expressions:

  • Strain:
  • Stress: [3]

where

where is frequency of strain oscillation,
is time,
is phase lag between stress and strain.

The stress relaxation modulus is the ratio of the stress remaining at time after a step strain was applied at time : ,

which is the time-dependent generalization of Hooke's law. For visco-elastic solids, converges to the equilibrium shear modulus[4]:

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The fourier transform of the shear relaxation modulus is (see below).


Storage and loss modulus

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The storage and loss modulus in viscoelastic materials measure the stored energy, representing the elastic portion, and the energy dissipated as heat, representing the viscous portion.[3] The tensile storage and loss moduli are defined as follows:

  • Storage:
  • Loss: [3]

Similarly we also define shear storage and shear loss moduli, and .

Complex variables can be used to express the moduli and as follows:

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where is the imaginary unit.

Ratio between loss and storage modulus

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The ratio of the loss modulus to storage modulus in a viscoelastic material is defined as the , (cf. loss tangent), which provides a measure of damping in the material. can also be visualized as the tangent of the phase angle () between the storage and loss modulus.

Tensile:

Shear:

For a material with a greater than 1, the energy-dissipating, viscous component of the complex modulus prevails.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Open University (UK), 2000. T838 Design and Manufacture with Polymers: Solid properties and design, page 30. Milton Keynes: The Open University.
  2. ^ "PerkinElmer "Mechanical Properties of Films and Coatings"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  3. ^ a b c d e Meyers and Chawla (1999): "Mechanical Behavior of Materials," 98-103.
  4. ^ Rubinstein, Michael, 1956 December 20- (2003). Polymer physics. Colby, Ralph H. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 019852059X. OCLC 50339757.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)