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A three-dimensional photovisco-elasto-plastic model considering the strain rate effect was investigated by the scattered-light method using polyester as a model material. To examine the mechanical and optical properties of the material, tension and torsion tests were carried out on cylindrical specimens under various strain rates at 30°C. The effects of strain rate on the stress-strain relation and scattered-light fringe appearance were evaluated. The equivalent shearing stress-strain relation can be approximated by the Ramberg-Osgood equation with rate-dependent modulus and yield stress. The fringe gradient, when normalized by a rate-dependent yield gradient, can be related to an equivalent strain in the same form regardless of the strain rate. The strain rate can be evaluated from the measurement of the rate of increase of the fringe gradient. Hence, the relation between the fringe gradient and its rate of increase was derived as a function of strain rate. Finally, a method is proposed for the estimation of the visco-elasto-plastic stress and strain in a three-dimensional specimen from the measurement of only the fringe gradient and its rate of increase. The method was successfully applied not only to uniaxial tension but also to pure torsion.
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Hirano, T., Imai, Y. & Hayashi, Y. Photovisco-elasto-plastic analysis tested on polyester by the scattered-light method. Experimental Mechanics 37, 159–164 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02317853
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