Contact-free thermal expansion measurement of very soft elastomers using digital image correlation

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The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is a critical material property that represents the dimensional stability of a material under thermal loading. For soft materials such as elastomers, accurate measurement of the CTE is challenging due to the severe local deformation of the specimen in contact with the measuring apparatus. In this paper, a contact-free CTE measurement method is introduced for soft polymers using three-dimensional digital image correlation. The accuracy of the method was validated using various reference materials. The CTEs of extremely soft silicone elastomers were successfully measured with high precision, where the specimens were suspended in order to ensure free expansion of the compliant and adherent materials. Moreover, the high-throughput capability of the method was demonstrated through simultaneously evaluating multiple specimens. For polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the effects of the mixing ratio and curing temperature on the LIE and fractional free volume (FFV) of the polymer network were investigated, where the correlation between the CTE and FFV was quantitatively verified. The proposed method is expected to satisfy the growing demands for accurate CTE measurement of soft materials. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Issue Date
2016-05
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

SPONTANEOUSLY FORMED BUCKLES; THIN POLYMER-FILMS; FREE-VOLUME; EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS; METROLOGY; MODULUS; COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE; PERMEATION; VISCOSITY

Citation

POLYMER TESTING, v.51, pp.181 - 189

ISSN
0142-9418
DOI
10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.03.014
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/209524
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ME-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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