Deflection of PDMS

ENMA 490
October 16, 2003
Shawna Dean
Outline

Used equations for deflection in rectangular

area
Breaking pressure, the minimum pressure that
can cause a failure.
Calculated with a range of parameters.
Especially thickness, because it is our main
variable for controlling what pressures we can
use.
Deflection Equations and Variables
Deflection: P: pressure
E: elastic modulus
w =.00265P(ab)^2/D v: poissons ration
D=Et^3/(12*(1-v)) a and b: width and length of
membrane
r: radius

Deflection for circular FOR PDMS

membrane: E (shear): 2.03 x 105 MPa
w = 3Pr4(1-v2)/(16Et3) v: 0.5
Tensile Strength and Breaking
Pressure
From the Polymer Data What does this mean to
Handbook found a tensile us in terms of pressure?
range from 1.55-9 Mpa for
PDMS, depending on how Strain equation for
the polymer was cured membranes:
during processing. Strain=0.3081P(ab/t2)
This gives us an idea of o Using this equation the
the magnitude of stress
breaking pressure was
we can not surpass.
Otherwise the membrane found to have a
will fail. magnitude of 1000MPa.
Calculations
Thickness Target Resulting Resulting
(microns) Deflection Pressure Pressure
(microns) (Mpa) (atm) The chart has several
50 75 0.1915 1.89
thickness coupled with
50 50 0.1277 1.26
targeted deflections to get
50 40 0.1008 1.00 several different pressures
75 75 0.2872 2.835 needed.
75 50 0.1915 1.89
All calculations were
75 40 0.1532 1.512
assuming a square area,
100 75 0.3830 3.780
500 x 500 microns.
100 50 0.2553 2.52

100 40 0.2043 2.016

Looking Forward
All resulting pressures Next steps:
were less than the Relate pressure to flow
breaking pressure rates.
making these All the pressure where
dimensions plausible for calculated so they are
use. positive. We have
assumed negative will
have the same effect on
deflection as positive. Is
this true?