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Micromechanically motivated constitutive model to characterize the hygrothermomechanical response of polymer electrolyte membrane

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In this article, a micromechanically motivated constitutive model is presented for nafion membrane to capture the rate, temperature, and hydration dependency under monotonic and cyclic tensile loadings. The basic framework of this model is derived from the Arruda-Boyce viscoplastic model and is modified to include hygrothermal correction factors to show that this model can be manipulated to produce reliable results under various virtual testing conditions.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong, Nam-Gu, Incheon, 402-751, Korea

    Chongdu Cho, K. K. Poornesh & Jaemin Kim

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Recommended by Associate Editor Moon Ki Kim

Chongdu Cho is a Fellow Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. His research areas include Solid Mechanics (Composite Material), CAE, MEMS.

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Cho, C., Poornesh, K.K. & Kim, J. Micromechanically motivated constitutive model to characterize the hygrothermomechanical response of polymer electrolyte membrane. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 1145–1150 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0226-7

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