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Dynamical heterogeneities and mechanical non-linearities: Modeling the onset of plasticity in polymer in the glass transition

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In this paper we focus on the role of dynamical heterogeneities on the non-linear response of polymers in the glass transition domain. We start from a simple coarse-grained model that assumes a random distribution of the initial local relaxation times and that quantitatively describes the linear viscoelasticity of a polymer in the glass transition regime. We extend this model to non-linear mechanics assuming a local Eyring stress dependence of the relaxation times. Implementing the model in a finite element mechanics code, we derive the mechanical properties and the local mechanical fields at the beginning of the non-linear regime. The model predicts a narrowing of distribution of relaxation times and the storage of a part of the mechanical energy --internal stress-- transferred to the material during stretching in this temperature range. We show that the stress field is not spatially correlated under and after loading and follows a Gaussian distribution. In addition the strain field exhibits shear bands, but the strain distribution is narrow. Hence, most of the mechanical quantities can be calculated analytically, in a very good approximation, with the simple assumption that the strain rate is constant.
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hal-01700965 , version 1 (05-02-2018)

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R.J. Masurel, P. Gelineau, F. Lequeux, Sabine Cantournet, Hélène Montes. Dynamical heterogeneities and mechanical non-linearities: Modeling the onset of plasticity in polymer in the glass transition. European Physical Journal E: Soft matter and biological physics, 2017, 40, pp.116 ⟨10.1140/epje/i2017-11606-5⟩. ⟨hal-01700965⟩
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