Oxidative aging in polymers at high temperature in long term exposure
(Reaction-diffusion-large deformation modeling)
Research highlights
Multi-physics coupling between diffusion, chemical reactions, and mechanical deformation is considered
Stress-coupled oxidation is incorporated
homogenized composite model to study reaction-diffusion anisotropy in FRC materials
1. Publication related to this 2. Publication related to this 3. Publication related to the composite oxidation
Funding acknowledgment: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Hydrolytic aging of recyclable thermosets (vitrimers)
Objective: Evaluating Vitrimers as Sustainable Alternatives for Conventional Thermosets
Research highlights:
Constitutive modeling of vitrimers:- incorporating transient network dynamics through explicit modeling of bond exchange reaction (BER) kinetics
Hydrolytic aging induced degradation of the vitrimer network and its effect on the vitrimer's mechanical performance
Funding: National Science Foundation