Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia para a inclusão de fenômenos dissipativos em relações constitutivas hiperelásticas. Embora seja dada ênfase para o efeito Mullins e histerese, esse procedimento pode ser aplicado a outros fenômenos como, por exemplo, de dano. Para isso, adota-se um modelo fenomenológico que inclui amolecimento em um modelo constitutivo hiperelástico através da pseudo-elasticidade, que permite que diferentes potenciais de energia possam ser utilizados em diferentes etapas do carregamento. Foram utilizados dois modelos hiperelásticos incompressíveis: Ogden e Hoss-Marczak. Para esse estudo, foram selecionados quatro diferentes materiais da literatura, três deles apresentavam apenas dados experimentais para tração uniaxial, enquanto o outro disponibilizou os ensaios de tração uniaxial, tração equibiaxial e cisalhamento puro. Foram selecionados dois parâmetros de amolecimento da literatura (Ogden e Roxburgh, 1999, e Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003) para modelar fenômenos dissipativos e então foram propostos novos parâmetros de amolecimento. Verificação gráfica dos resultados e um coeficiente de correlação (R2) foram utilizados para comparar o desempenho desses parâmetros. Os materiais foram considerados isotrópicos e incompressíveis e o carregamento quasi-estático para obtenção dos resultados. Alguns parâmetros propostos não capturaram o efeito dissipativo, outros superestimaram o amolecimento, enquanto os da literatura capturaram o efeito. Ao final, obteve-se resultados bastante satisfatórios para um dos parâmetros propostos, que se verificou ser uma generalização do modelo de Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003. / This work applies a methodology to include dissipative effects in hyperelastic constitutive relations. The paper focuses on the Mullins effect and hysteresis. However, the methodology can also be applied to other phenomena, like damage. Basically, it is a phenomenological inclusion of the softening behavior in a hyperelastic constitutive model using pseudo-elasticity, in which different energy potentials can be used in different steps of the loading. Two hyperelastic models were employed: Ogden’s and Hoss-Marczak’s models. Four different materials were modeled, three of them subjected to uniaxial tension only, and a fourth subjected to the three classical loadings, namely, uniaxial tension, equibiaxial tension and pure shear. Two softening parameters from the literature were implemented and new softening parameters were proposed. Graphical inspection and R2 correlation coefficient were used to compare the softening parameters. The materials were considered isotropic and incompressible, being subjected to quasi-static loading. Some of the proposed parameters did not captured the dissipative effect, other overestimate the softening, and those from the literature were able to capture the effects. Finally, very satisfying results were obtained with one the proposed softening parameters, which was a generalization of the one proposed by Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003.

Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia para a inclusão de fenômenos dissipativos em relações constitutivas hiperelásticas. Embora seja dada ênfase para o efeito Mullins e histerese, esse procedimento pode ser aplicado a outros fenômenos como, por exemplo, de dano. Para isso, adota-se um modelo fenomenológico que inclui amolecimento em um modelo constitutivo hiperelástico através da pseudo-elasticidade, que permite que diferentes potenciais de energia possam ser utilizados em diferentes etapas do carregamento. Foram utilizados dois modelos hiperelásticos incompressíveis: Ogden e Hoss-Marczak. Para esse estudo, foram selecionados quatro diferentes materiais da literatura, três deles apresentavam apenas dados experimentais para tração uniaxial, enquanto o outro disponibilizou os ensaios de tração uniaxial, tração equibiaxial e cisalhamento puro. Foram selecionados dois parâmetros de amolecimento da literatura (Ogden e Roxburgh, 1999, e Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003) para modelar fenômenos dissipativos e então foram propostos novos parâmetros de amolecimento. Verificação gráfica dos resultados e um coeficiente de correlação (R2) foram utilizados para comparar o desempenho desses parâmetros. Os materiais foram considerados isotrópicos e incompressíveis e o carregamento quasi-estático para obtenção dos resultados. Alguns parâmetros propostos não capturaram o efeito dissipativo, outros superestimaram o amolecimento, enquanto os da literatura capturaram o efeito. Ao final, obteve-se resultados bastante satisfatórios para um dos parâmetros propostos, que se verificou ser uma generalização do modelo de Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003. / This work applies a methodology to include dissipative effects in hyperelastic constitutive relations. The paper focuses on the Mullins effect and hysteresis. However, the methodology can also be applied to other phenomena, like damage. Basically, it is a phenomenological inclusion of the softening behavior in a hyperelastic constitutive model using pseudo-elasticity, in which different energy potentials can be used in different steps of the loading. Two hyperelastic models were employed: Ogden’s and Hoss-Marczak’s models. Four different materials were modeled, three of them subjected to uniaxial tension only, and a fourth subjected to the three classical loadings, namely, uniaxial tension, equibiaxial tension and pure shear. Two softening parameters from the literature were implemented and new softening parameters were proposed. Graphical inspection and R2 correlation coefficient were used to compare the softening parameters. The materials were considered isotropic and incompressible, being subjected to quasi-static loading. Some of the proposed parameters did not captured the dissipative effect, other overestimate the softening, and those from the literature were able to capture the effects. Finally, very satisfying results were obtained with one the proposed softening parameters, which was a generalization of the one proposed by Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003.

Análises numéricas confiáveis do comportamento mecânico de materiais como borrachas, dependem muito de uma calibração precisa do modelo constitutivo hiperelástico utilizado. Estes modelos são calibrados ajustando as curvas teóricas aos dados experimentais, obtidos por meio de ensaios usuais. Em muitos casos as amostras de matéria prima desses elastômeros já não se encontram disponíveis ou é impossível fabricar os corpos de prova requeridos. O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a possibilidade de encontrar constantes constitutivas testando o próprio componente, ao invés dos usuais ensaios de tração, compressão e cisalhamento. A abordagem proposta consiste em criar uma rotina de programação associada a uma função custo onde, a partir de uma estimativa inicial de constantes constitutivas, sejam realizados processos iterativos de otimização buscando aproximar as curvas de força × deslocamento teórica e experimental. Um componente automotivo será utilizado nos estudos e dois modelos constitutivos hiperelásticos serão testados. As equações de tensões nominais dos modelos hiperelásticos serão utilizadas para predizer o comportamento teórico dos ensaios usuais, de forma a verificar a qualidade das constantes obtidas. Conclui-se que é possível utilizar o ensaio da própria peça para caracterizar o material hiperelástico, com resultados comparáveis aos que seriam obtidos com os ensaios típicos para esta aplicação. / The reliable numerical analysis of the mechanical behavior of rubber-like materials depends strongly on accurately calibrated hyperelastic constitutive models. Such models are calibrated by fitting theoretical curves against experimental data obtained in well known tests. In many cases samples of the original elastomer are no longer available or it is impossible to manufacture the specimens required by the standard tests. The aim of this work is verify the possibility of finding the constitutive constants by testing the actual component instead of the usual tensile, compression and shear tests. The proposed approach consists in creating a programming routine with a cost function that, starting from an initial estimate of the constitutive constants, iterate through an optimization algorithm in order to fit the theoretical force × displacement curves to the experimental ones. An automotive component will be used during the studies and two hyperelastic constitutive models will be tested. The nominal stress equations for the hyperelastic models are used to predict the standard tests behavior, to assess the quality of the constants obtained. The results shown that is possible to characterize an hyperelastic material by testing the actual component, with results comparable to those which would be obtained with standard tests.

Análises numéricas confiáveis do comportamento mecânico de materiais como borrachas, dependem muito de uma calibração precisa do modelo constitutivo hiperelástico utilizado. Estes modelos são calibrados ajustando as curvas teóricas aos dados experimentais, obtidos por meio de ensaios usuais. Em muitos casos as amostras de matéria prima desses elastômeros já não se encontram disponíveis ou é impossível fabricar os corpos de prova requeridos. O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a possibilidade de encontrar constantes constitutivas testando o próprio componente, ao invés dos usuais ensaios de tração, compressão e cisalhamento. A abordagem proposta consiste em criar uma rotina de programação associada a uma função custo onde, a partir de uma estimativa inicial de constantes constitutivas, sejam realizados processos iterativos de otimização buscando aproximar as curvas de força × deslocamento teórica e experimental. Um componente automotivo será utilizado nos estudos e dois modelos constitutivos hiperelásticos serão testados. As equações de tensões nominais dos modelos hiperelásticos serão utilizadas para predizer o comportamento teórico dos ensaios usuais, de forma a verificar a qualidade das constantes obtidas. Conclui-se que é possível utilizar o ensaio da própria peça para caracterizar o material hiperelástico, com resultados comparáveis aos que seriam obtidos com os ensaios típicos para esta aplicação. / The reliable numerical analysis of the mechanical behavior of rubber-like materials depends strongly on accurately calibrated hyperelastic constitutive models. Such models are calibrated by fitting theoretical curves against experimental data obtained in well known tests. In many cases samples of the original elastomer are no longer available or it is impossible to manufacture the specimens required by the standard tests. The aim of this work is verify the possibility of finding the constitutive constants by testing the actual component instead of the usual tensile, compression and shear tests. The proposed approach consists in creating a programming routine with a cost function that, starting from an initial estimate of the constitutive constants, iterate through an optimization algorithm in order to fit the theoretical force × displacement curves to the experimental ones. An automotive component will be used during the studies and two hyperelastic constitutive models will be tested. The nominal stress equations for the hyperelastic models are used to predict the standard tests behavior, to assess the quality of the constants obtained. The results shown that is possible to characterize an hyperelastic material by testing the actual component, with results comparable to those which would be obtained with standard tests.

Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia para a inclusão de fenômenos dissipativos em relações constitutivas hiperelásticas. Embora seja dada ênfase para o efeito Mullins e histerese, esse procedimento pode ser aplicado a outros fenômenos como, por exemplo, de dano. Para isso, adota-se um modelo fenomenológico que inclui amolecimento em um modelo constitutivo hiperelástico através da pseudo-elasticidade, que permite que diferentes potenciais de energia possam ser utilizados em diferentes etapas do carregamento. Foram utilizados dois modelos hiperelásticos incompressíveis: Ogden e Hoss-Marczak. Para esse estudo, foram selecionados quatro diferentes materiais da literatura, três deles apresentavam apenas dados experimentais para tração uniaxial, enquanto o outro disponibilizou os ensaios de tração uniaxial, tração equibiaxial e cisalhamento puro. Foram selecionados dois parâmetros de amolecimento da literatura (Ogden e Roxburgh, 1999, e Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003) para modelar fenômenos dissipativos e então foram propostos novos parâmetros de amolecimento. Verificação gráfica dos resultados e um coeficiente de correlação (R2) foram utilizados para comparar o desempenho desses parâmetros. Os materiais foram considerados isotrópicos e incompressíveis e o carregamento quasi-estático para obtenção dos resultados. Alguns parâmetros propostos não capturaram o efeito dissipativo, outros superestimaram o amolecimento, enquanto os da literatura capturaram o efeito. Ao final, obteve-se resultados bastante satisfatórios para um dos parâmetros propostos, que se verificou ser uma generalização do modelo de Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003. / This work applies a methodology to include dissipative effects in hyperelastic constitutive relations. The paper focuses on the Mullins effect and hysteresis. However, the methodology can also be applied to other phenomena, like damage. Basically, it is a phenomenological inclusion of the softening behavior in a hyperelastic constitutive model using pseudo-elasticity, in which different energy potentials can be used in different steps of the loading. Two hyperelastic models were employed: Ogden’s and Hoss-Marczak’s models. Four different materials were modeled, three of them subjected to uniaxial tension only, and a fourth subjected to the three classical loadings, namely, uniaxial tension, equibiaxial tension and pure shear. Two softening parameters from the literature were implemented and new softening parameters were proposed. Graphical inspection and R2 correlation coefficient were used to compare the softening parameters. The materials were considered isotropic and incompressible, being subjected to quasi-static loading. Some of the proposed parameters did not captured the dissipative effect, other overestimate the softening, and those from the literature were able to capture the effects. Finally, very satisfying results were obtained with one the proposed softening parameters, which was a generalization of the one proposed by Dorfmann e Ogden, 2003.

Les Thermoplastique Polyoléfine (TPO) se sont avérés très intéressants pour les applications automobiles. Les caractéristiques mécaniques de ces matériaux sont en bon accord avec le contexte environnemental et économique de la dernière décennie. En fait, au-delà de leur coût et recyclabilité, ils permettent un gain de poids important, une excellente flexibilité de conception et de hautes qualité en terme d'apparence ou de caractéristiques tactiles et olfactives. Le but de cette étude était de modéliser le comportement des nouvelles feuilles de TPO pour les applications de thermoformage. Le matériau étudié peut atteindre de très hautes valeurs d'allongement (jusqu’à 800%) et se distingue par une isotropie transverse. Afin de prédire correctement la distribution de l'épaisseur des pièces thermoformées finales, des essais detraction uniaxiale ont été menés le long des directions longitudinale, transversale et diagonale et à 5 températures différentes de ambiante à 120 °C. Un nouveau modèle hyperélastique isotrope transverstal a été développé. Les paramètres matériau à chacune des températures ont été identifiés en utilisant des méthodes inverses, et de bons résultats ont été obtenus. La procédure d'identification s'est avéré être difficile en raison de la grande sensibilité des paramètres et les problèmes d'instabilité en grandes déformations. Des techniques de mesures champ de déplacement 3D ont finalement été menées et associés à un test de thermoformage afin de valider la procédure matériel d'identification. / Thermoplastic PolyOiefin (TPO) materials have shown great interest for automotive applications. The mechanical characteristics of these materials are in good agreements with the environmental and economical context of the last decade. ln fact, beyond their cost and recyclability, they allow important weight gain, excellent design flexibility, and high quality whether in term of appearance or tactile and olfactory perceptions. The aim of this study was to model the behavior of new TPO sheets for thermoforming applications. The studied material can reach very high stretch ranges (up to 800%) and was found to be transversely isotropie. ln order to properly predict the thickness distribution of the final thermoformed parts, uniaxial tensile tests were performed along the longitudinal, transverse and diagonal directions, at 5 different temperatures from ambient to 120°C. A new transversely isotropic hyperelastic model was developed using User Subroutines in Abaqus software. The material parameters at each temperature have been identified using inverse methods, and good results have been obtained. The identification procedure has shown to be difficult because of the high sensitivity of the material parameters and the instability problems at high stretch ranges. 3D displacement field techniques were finally conducted and associated to a thermoforming test in order to validate the material parameter identification procedure.

Cette thèse vise à développer des matériaux destinés à remplacer les gants des boîtes à gants utilisées en milieu nucléaire confiné par des disques élastomères pouvant prendre la forme des mains lorsqu'un opérateur insère son bras et revenir à leur forme initiale lorsqu'il l'enlève. Le but du travail est de réaliser et d'étudier les propriétés physico-chimiques de matériaux capables de se déformer à plus de 2000 %, à être totalement élastique, à résister au déchirement et aux radiations. Dans un premier temps, une étude bibliographique a montré que les matériaux les plus susceptibles d'y répondre sont les élastomères thermoplastiques. Des matériaux de deux familles d'élastomères thermoplastiques ont donc été réalisés et étudiés. Les premiers sont les élastomères thermoplastiques polyuréthanes. L'influence de la stœchiométrie des monomères et de la structure chimique de différents allongeurs de chaînes sur les propriétés mécaniques a été étudiée. Il en ressort que ces matériaux sont trop visqueux pour répondre au cahier des charges mais une relation intéressante de linéarité entre la contrainte à l'écoulement et le taux de viscosité de l'ensemble de ces formulations a été observée. Les seconds matériaux sont des copolymères Styrène-Ethylène-Butylène-Styrène (SEBS). Les effets du procédé de mise en œuvre ainsi que l'incorporation de plastifiants, de nanoparticules ou de polyuréthane sur les propriétés mécaniques de ces matériaux ont été étudiés. Il a été mis en évidence que le procédé de mise en œuvre influence fortement les propriétés mécaniques et que l'ajout de nanoparticules et de polyuréthane permet d'améliorer certaines propriétés mécaniques. Globalement, les matériaux développés ont des propriétés très proches de celles de matériaux hyperélastiques. / The aim of this PhD work is to replace current gloves of gloveboxes used in nuclear area by elastomer discs which could take the shape of the arm of an operator and come back to their original shape when the arm is removed. The goal of the work is to design and study a material meeting the following specifications: at least 2 000 % strain at break, very high elastic properties, tear and radiation resistant. A bibliographic study showed that the most relevant materials are thermoplastic elastomers. As a consequence, two kinds of these materials were formulated. First ones are thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The influence of stoichiometric ratios and different chain extenders on mechanical properties was studied. These materials are too viscous to match the specifications but an interesting linear relation between flow stress and viscosity ratio was observed. Second ones are Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene copolymers (SEBS). Studies on the influence of the process and incorporation of plasticizers, nanoparticules or polyurethane were carried out. It was highlighted that the process strongly influences mechanical properties and addition of nanoparticules or polyurethane can increase some of these properties. On the whole, the materials developed are very close to these of hyperelastic materials.

The master's thesis deals with the determination of macroscopic behavior of a particulate composite with cross-linked polymer matrix under tensile load. The main focus of thesis is estimation of mechanical properties of a composite loaded by tensile loading using numerical methods (especially finite elements method). Investigated composite is composed of matrix in a rubbery state filled by alumina-based particles (Al2O3). Hyperelastic properties of the matrix have been modeled by the Mooney-Rivlin material model. Different compositions of particles, their different shape, orientation and different volume fractions have been considered. For all these characteristics of composite numerical models have been developed. The damage mechanisms of the matrix have also been taken into account. Results of numerical analyses have been compared with experimental data and good agreement between numerical models with damage mechanisms of matrix and experimental data has been found.

This master thesis is focused on usage of monitoring pulse wave propagation in aortic system in a field of diagnostic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). There is a description of cardio-vascular system and its pathology in a form of AAA. A summarization of temporary diagnostic method was created and some new methods were proposed. This new methods presume monitoring of pulse wave propagation. Fluid structure interaction (FSI) analyses of pulse wave propagation were performed on simplified models of geometry which representing specific sections of aorta. The goal of these analyses was to prove usage of FSI method in a future development of proposed diagnostic methods.

This thesis deas with dynamic analysis of pneumatic actuator which is used as regulation mechanis of turbochargers with Variable Nozzle Turbine (VNT) technology. The first part of work is focused on experimental modeling which goal is obtaining Frequency Response Function on specify frequency range by Frequency Response Function Analysis – FRFA. Dominant vibrations of pneumatic actuator active parts is expected on this specify frequency range. Results of experimental modeling will be used for gaining input parameters for numerical computation as well. The second part deal with Pre-Stressed Modal Analysis and subsequently Harmonic analysis. Obtained results with numerical and experimental analysis will be compared. This part of diploma thesis is solved in programmatic environment ANSYS Workbench.