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posted on 2011-08-03, 15:09 authored by Kazim Altaf, Ian A. Ashcroft, Richard J.M. HagueStereolithography (SL) resins are highly hygroscopic and their mechanical properties are significantly
affected by the level of moisture in the environment. In addition, the load response of these materials
is highly time dependent, hence, an appropriate rate dependent constitutive model is required to characterise
their mechanical behaviour. In this work, the time dependent mechanical behaviour of an SL
resin is investigated under varying humidity conditions using depth sensing indentation (DSI) tests. In
the experimental study, a DSI system fitted with a humidity control unit was used to explore the influence
of moisture on the mechanical properties of a SL resin. Samples were tested with 33.5%, 53.8%,
75.3%, 84.5% relative humidity (RH) inside the chamber while the temperature was kept constant at
22.5 C. It was seen that hardness and modulus decreased with increasing absorbed moisture in the resin.
Material parameters obtained through bulk tests were used to develop a coupled stress-diffusion finite
element model incorporating rate dependent material behaviour. It is proposed that this model can be
used in predicting the effect of the environment on the performance of SL manufactured components.
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ALTAF, K., ASHCROFT, I.A. and HAGUE, R., 2012. Modelling the effect of moisture on the depth sensing indentation response of a stereolithography polymer. Computational Materials Science, 52 (1), pp. 112-117.Publisher
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This article was published in the journal, Computational Materials Science [© Elsevier]. The definitive version is available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025611000759ISSN
0927-0256Publisher version
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