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Identification of Material Parameters of PVC Foams using Digital Image Correlation and the Virtual Fields Method

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This paper presents an effective methodology to characterize all the constitutive (elastic) parameters of an orthotropic polymeric foam material (Divinycell H100) in one single test using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) in combination with the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). A modified Arcan fixture is used to induce various loading conditions ranging from pure shear or axial loading in tension or compression to bidirectional loading. A numerical optimization study was performed with different loading angles of the Arcan test fixture and off-axis angles of the principal material axes. The objective is to identify the configuration that gives the minimum sensitivity to noise and missing data on the specimen edges, which are the two major issues when identifying the stiffness components from actual DIC measurements. Two optimized Arcan test configurations were chosen. The experimental results obtained for these two optimized test configurations show a significant improvement of the measurement accuracy compared with a pure shear load configuration. The larger sensitivity of the pure shear test to missing data as opposed to the tensile test is also evident from the experimental data and confirms the analysis from the optimization study. The recovery of missing data along the specimen edges is a promising way to further improve the identification results.

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Acknowledgments

The research reported was sponsored by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation through the project “Advanced Thermal Breaker”, which is carried out in close collaboration with Fiberline Composites A/S. The financial support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    P. Wang & O. T. Thomsen

  2. Châlons-en-Champagne campus, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Châlons-en-Champagne, France

    F. Pierron

  3. School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    F. Pierron & O. T. Thomsen

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Wang, P., Pierron, F. & Thomsen, O.T. Identification of Material Parameters of PVC Foams using Digital Image Correlation and the Virtual Fields Method. Exp Mech 53, 1001–1015 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-012-9703-4

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