Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE
Due to its superior corrosion resistance and low coefficient of friction, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is extensively used in the aerospace, machinery, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. However, PTFE components encounter complex alternating stresses, resulting in ratchet and creep, which wi...
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| description | Due to its superior corrosion resistance and low coefficient of friction, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is extensively used in the aerospace, machinery, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. However, PTFE components encounter complex alternating stresses, resulting in ratchet and creep, which will affect the component’s reliability. It is therefore necessary to clarify the PTFE’s resistance to ratchet and creep. In this paper, uniaxial ratchet and tensile creep experiments were conducted at five temperatures on a PTFE dog-bone tensile specimen. At various temperatures and stress levels, the effects of average stress and stress amplitude on the cyclic plastic behavior of PTFE were investigated. It is demonstrated that the ratchet strains and strain rates at 23 °C are greater than those at 50 °C. The reason for this is that the PTFE material exhibits different crystal states at these two temperatures. At temperatures above 50 °C, the ratchet strain and ratchet strain rate increase with temperature. At temperatures above 100 °C, the ratchet strain and ratchet strain rate of PTFE materials increase more rapidly due to the glass transition. By analyzing the creep strain and ratchet strain of specimens subjected to varying levels of average and amplitude stress, it was discovered that the creep strain and ratchet strain caused by the average stress under the same stress increment were greater than those caused by the amplitude stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ed3c2a44406496a8845527445d38f842023-11-19T09:22:10ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-09-0113181003910.3390/app131810039Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFEHongyan Liu0Lei Zhang1Kun Lu2Bingjun Gao3School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, ChinaDue to its superior corrosion resistance and low coefficient of friction, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is extensively used in the aerospace, machinery, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. However, PTFE components encounter complex alternating stresses, resulting in ratchet and creep, which will affect the component’s reliability. It is therefore necessary to clarify the PTFE’s resistance to ratchet and creep. In this paper, uniaxial ratchet and tensile creep experiments were conducted at five temperatures on a PTFE dog-bone tensile specimen. At various temperatures and stress levels, the effects of average stress and stress amplitude on the cyclic plastic behavior of PTFE were investigated. It is demonstrated that the ratchet strains and strain rates at 23 °C are greater than those at 50 °C. The reason for this is that the PTFE material exhibits different crystal states at these two temperatures. At temperatures above 50 °C, the ratchet strain and ratchet strain rate increase with temperature. At temperatures above 100 °C, the ratchet strain and ratchet strain rate of PTFE materials increase more rapidly due to the glass transition. By analyzing the creep strain and ratchet strain of specimens subjected to varying levels of average and amplitude stress, it was discovered that the creep strain and ratchet strain caused by the average stress under the same stress increment were greater than those caused by the amplitude stress.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/18/10039PTFEcyclic plasticityratchettensile creep |
| spellingShingle | Hongyan Liu Lei Zhang Kun Lu Bingjun Gao Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE Applied Sciences PTFE cyclic plasticity ratchet tensile creep |
| title | Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE |
| title_full | Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE |
| title_fullStr | Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE |
| title_short | Study of Cyclic Plasticity and Creep Ratchet Behavior of PTFE |
| title_sort | study of cyclic plasticity and creep ratchet behavior of ptfe |
| topic | PTFE cyclic plasticity ratchet tensile creep |
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