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A Model for Predicting the Ultimate Strength of Styrene-Diene Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on the Failure Processes at the Molecular Level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Qiumei Zeng  and
Jeremy W. Leggoe
Qiumei Zeng
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409
Jeremy W. Leggoe
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409
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Abstract

The objective of this investigation is to formulate a model to predict the theoretical strength for styrene-diene thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that takes into account the failure processes occurring at the molecular level. Styrenic TPEs may fail via either chain pull-out, in which the polystyrene (PS) end-blocks are pulled out of the glassy PS domains, or chain scission, in which the C-C bonds in the elastomer mid-blocks are ruptured. By relating the microscopic deformation of an individual chain to the macroscopic strain rate, the maximum force a chain can sustain is obtained. The theoretical strength of the material is then computed by determining the force sustained by the PS domains and matrix chain sections intersecting a planar unit area at the onset of failure. The model has been used to investigate the effect of PS molecular weight, PS content, and strain rate on the ultimate strength.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 882: Symposium EE – Linking Length Scales in the Mechanical Behavior of Materials , 2005 , EE7.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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