Cargando…

A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law

Polymers find widespread applications in various industries, such as civil engineering, aerospace, and industrial machinery, contributing to vibration control, dampening, and insulation. To accurately design products that are able to predict their dynamic behavior in the virtual environment, it is e...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sakhnevych, Aleksandr, Maglione, Raffaele, Timpone, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10674531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005601
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229213
_version_ 1785149718591963136
author Sakhnevych, Aleksandr
Maglione, Raffaele
Timpone, Francesco
author_facet Sakhnevych, Aleksandr
Maglione, Raffaele
Timpone, Francesco
author_sort Sakhnevych, Aleksandr
collection PubMed
description Polymers find widespread applications in various industries, such as civil engineering, aerospace, and industrial machinery, contributing to vibration control, dampening, and insulation. To accurately design products that are able to predict their dynamic behavior in the virtual environment, it is essential to understand and reproduce their viscoelastic properties via material physical modeling. While Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) has traditionally been used, innovative non-destructive techniques are emerging for characterizing components and monitoring their performance without deconstructing them. In this context, the Time–Temperature Superposition Principle (TTSP) represents a powerful empirical procedure to extend a polymer’s viscoelastic behavior across a wider frequency range. This study focuses on replicating an indentation test on viscoelastic materials using the non-destructive Viscoelasticity Evaluation System evolved (VESevo) tool. The primary objective is to derive a unique temperature–frequency relationship, referred to as a “shift law”, using characteristic curves from this non-invasive approach. Encouragingly, modifying the device setup enabled us to replicate, virtually, three tests under identical initial conditions but with varying indentation frequencies. This highlights the tool’s ability to conduct material testing across a range of frequencies. These findings set the stage for our upcoming experiment campaign, aiming to create an innovative shift algorithm from at least three distinct master curves at specific frequencies, offering a significant breakthrough in non-destructive polymer characterization with broad industrial potential.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10674531
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-106745312023-11-16 A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law Sakhnevych, Aleksandr Maglione, Raffaele Timpone, Francesco Sensors (Basel) Article Polymers find widespread applications in various industries, such as civil engineering, aerospace, and industrial machinery, contributing to vibration control, dampening, and insulation. To accurately design products that are able to predict their dynamic behavior in the virtual environment, it is essential to understand and reproduce their viscoelastic properties via material physical modeling. While Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) has traditionally been used, innovative non-destructive techniques are emerging for characterizing components and monitoring their performance without deconstructing them. In this context, the Time–Temperature Superposition Principle (TTSP) represents a powerful empirical procedure to extend a polymer’s viscoelastic behavior across a wider frequency range. This study focuses on replicating an indentation test on viscoelastic materials using the non-destructive Viscoelasticity Evaluation System evolved (VESevo) tool. The primary objective is to derive a unique temperature–frequency relationship, referred to as a “shift law”, using characteristic curves from this non-invasive approach. Encouragingly, modifying the device setup enabled us to replicate, virtually, three tests under identical initial conditions but with varying indentation frequencies. This highlights the tool’s ability to conduct material testing across a range of frequencies. These findings set the stage for our upcoming experiment campaign, aiming to create an innovative shift algorithm from at least three distinct master curves at specific frequencies, offering a significant breakthrough in non-destructive polymer characterization with broad industrial potential. MDPI 2023-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10674531/ /pubmed/38005601 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229213 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Sakhnevych, Aleksandr
Maglione, Raffaele
Timpone, Francesco
A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title_full A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title_fullStr A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title_full_unstemmed A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title_short A Non-Destructive Methodology for the Viscoelastic Characterization of Polymers: Toward the Identification of the Time–Temperature Superposition Shift Law
title_sort non-destructive methodology for the viscoelastic characterization of polymers: toward the identification of the time–temperature superposition shift law
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10674531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005601
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23229213
work_keys_str_mv AT sakhnevychaleksandr anondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw
AT maglioneraffaele anondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw
AT timponefrancesco anondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw
AT sakhnevychaleksandr nondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw
AT maglioneraffaele nondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw
AT timponefrancesco nondestructivemethodologyfortheviscoelasticcharacterizationofpolymerstowardtheidentificationofthetimetemperaturesuperpositionshiftlaw