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Intro!$ction
The large strain nonlinear stress-strain behavior of thermoplastic exhibits the following: Strong hysteresis Rate dependence Softening after yielding rittle fail!re at low temperat!res and d!ctile behavior at higher temperat!re

Thermoplastics !s!ally show different material behavior !nder different loading and environmental conditions. Th!s !s!ally one single material model co!ld not be !sed to predict plastic nat!re. "ollowing slides will disc!ss the thermoplastic behavior !nder different conditions and #$S%S material models which co!ld be !sed to model s!ch behavior.

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%niaxial behavior o& thermopla tic

&nder monotonically increasing !niaxial testing conditions' generally thermoplastics exhibits following behavior: Stress increases monotonically witho!t any softening after yield (sample 1). Stress softening after yield and then res!mes hardening (sample *). This is typical behavior of thermoplastics !nder !niaxial tensile loading.

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'ehavior $n!er (oa!in")$nloa!in" con!ition

&nder loading-!nloading !niaxial testing conditions' generally thermoplastics exhibits strong hysteresis effect which is followed by permanent (plastic) deformations. +hile considering plastic components' it is very important to determine if there is any possibility of that component experiencing loading!nloading conditions. ,enerally the reverse loading slope is not same as the loading c!rve slope.

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*reep an! relaxation

-reep is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently !nder the infl!ence of stresses. .t occ!rs as a res!lt of long term expos!re to high levels of stress that are below the yield strength of the material. .t is more severe in materials that are s!b/ected to heat for long periods' and near melting point and always increases with temperat!re. Thermoplastic also shows creep and relaxation behavior. .f the material is 0nown to show creep behavior at operating conditions' it is always advisable to consider creep d!ring n!merical modeling of that component.

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Available ANSYS Material Mo!el

#$S%S offers range of material models which co!ld be !sed to model different thermoplastic behavior !nder different conditions. -hoice of material model dependents on: 1) 1xperimental data available *) 2perating conditions 3ifferent models which co!ld be !sed are: Small deformation plasticity (1lasto-plastic) 4ress!re dependent plasticity models (3r!c0er 4rager5 1xtendend 3r!c0er 4rager) 6arge deformation elasticity models (7yperelastic) ergstrom oyce 8odel Rate dependent plasticity models (9iscoplastic) 9iscoelastic -reep

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#$S%S offers vario!s models which co!ld help to describes the material behavior of thermoplastics. 7owever iss!e remains on how to choose the >-orrect? model@ Aey is to first narrow down all the material behavior !ser wish to incl!de for the material.

List all the material behavior

Brittle/Ductile/high strain elastic Different loading unloading behavior Permanent deformation Stress relaxation/Creep

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#$S%S offers vario!s models which co!ld help to describes the material behavior of thermoplastics. 7owever iss!e remains on how to choose the >-orrect? model@ Second step is to list all the loading conditions for which the str!ct!ral component needs to be designed.

List all the loading condition

Cyclic/non-cyclic loading Loading rate emperature loading

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#$S%S offers vario!s models which co!ld help to describes the material behavior of thermoplastics. 7owever iss!e remains on how to choose the >-orrect? model@ "inal step is to list down the sim!lation ob/ective. This is very important steps since it also determine the material model.

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Stress !nalysis Life prediction Design "ptimi#ation

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#s mentioned earlier there is no single >8aterial 8odel? which co!ld model all the behavior described in the last slides. Th!s it is advisable to gather all experimental data and list all the operating conditions and choose material model. 6et consider few scenarios: .

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*a e 1
Str!ct!re is s!b/ected to monotonically increasing load where Stress increases monotonically witho!t any softening after yield. There is no reverse loading and temperat!re variation is not m!ch ie. Stress-strain behavior is similar in the vicinity of the operating temperat!re. Mo!el +ecommen!ation (in increasing order of complexity):
1) Small strain metal plasticity (elasto-plastic): #ro : 1asiest to !se. *on : $ot advisable for large strains and may not be easy to define yield point. 6arge Strain hyperelastic: #ro : .ncl!de large strain effect in the eC!ation *on : $eed more experimental data to properly define the model. ergstrom- oyce: #ro : .ncl!de large strain effects *on : $eed more experimental data to properly define the model and c!rrently no c!rve fitting in #$S%S
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Str!ct!re is s!b/ected to monotonically increasing load where Stress softening is occ!ring after yield and then res!mes hardening . There is no reverse loading and temperat!re variation is not m!ch ie. Stress-strain behavior is similar in the vicinity of the operating temperat!re. Mo!el +ecommen!ation (in increasing order of complexity):
1) 6arge Strain hyperelastic: #ro : .ncl!de large strain effect in the eC!ation *on : $eed more experimental data to properly define the model. ergstrom- oyce: #ro : .ncl!de large strain effects *on : $eed more experimental data to properly define the model and c!rrently no c!rve fitting in #$S%S.

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8etal 4lasticity cannot be !sed since DSofteningE reC!ires decrease in stress-strain slope which is not allowed in this model.
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Str!ct!re is s!b/ected to loading F!nloading load' !nloading slope is not same as the loading slope and permanent deformation is present. .t is ass!med that temperat!re variation is not m!ch ie. Stress-strain behavior is similar in the vicinity of the operating temperat!re. Mo!el +ecommen!ation,
1) ergstrom- oyce: #ro : .ncl!de large strain effects *on : $eed more experimental data to properly define the model and c!rrently no c!rve fitting in #$S%S.

8etal 4lasticity cannot be !sed since DSofteningE reC!ires decrease in stress-strain slope which is not allowed in this model and also !nloading slope is same as the loading slope. 7yperelastic models do not show any hysteresis and th!s cannot be !sed here.

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