Extension of the Arruda‐Boyce model to the modelling of the curing process of polymers

Abstract

A phenomenologically motivated finite strain general framework to simulate the curing of polymer have been developed and discussed in our recently published papers [2,4]. The Arruda‐Boyce model is a classical hyperelastic model for polymeric materials. This contribution presents an extension of the Arruda‐Boyce model towards modelling the curing process of polymers following our previous framework. In this paper, we will show how to model the elastic behaviour and shrinkage effects of the polymer curing process in the isothermal case using the Arruda‐Boyce model. Several numerical examples have been demonstrated to verify our newly proposed modified approach in case of curing process. (© 2011 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)