Determining Material Response for Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) in Blast Loading Situations
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Abstract
Protecting structures from the effect of blast loads requires the careful design of all building components. In this context, the mechanical properties of Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) are of interest to designers as the membrane behaviour will affect the performance of laminated glass glazing when loaded by explosion pressure waves. This polymer behaves in a complex manner and is difficult to model over the wide range of strain rates relevant to blast analysis. In this study, data from experimental tests conducted at strain rates from 0.01 s−1 to 400 s−1 were used to develop material models accounting for the rate dependency of the material. Firstly, two models were derived assuming Prony series formulations. A reduced polynomial spring and a spring derived from the model proposed by Hoo Fatt and Ouyang were used. Two fits were produced for each of these models, one for low rate cases, up to 8 s−1, and one for high rate cases, from 20 s−1. Afterwards, a single model representing all rates was produced using a finite deformation viscoelastic model. This assumed two hyperelastic springs in parallel, one of which was in series with a non-linear damper. The results were compared with the experimental results, assessing the quality of the fits in the strain range of interest for blast loading situations. This should provide designers with the information to choose between the available models depending on their design needs.
Date Issued
2016-06-17
Date Acceptance
2016-05-23
Citation
Experimental Mechanics, 2016, 56 (9), pp.1501-1517
ISSN
1741-2765
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
1501
End Page
1517
Journal / Book Title
Experimental Mechanics
Volume
56
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (BIAM)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant Number
10001118
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Interdisciplinary Engineering
Publication Status
Published