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弹性体中弹性不稳定性的模拟

Modeling elastic instabilities in nematic elastomers

Badel L. Mbanga, Fangfu Ye, Jonathan V. Selinger, Robin L. B. Selinger

摘要:

液晶弹性体是与液晶介晶共价键合的交联聚合物网络。在取向相,由于机械应变和取向有序之间的强耦合,这些材料显示与取向域的形成和演化相关的应变诱导的不稳定性。使用三维有限元弹性动力学模拟,我们调查这样的不稳定性,在单畴膜沿轴垂直的方向拉伸的条纹形成的发病。在我们的模拟中,我们观察到条纹域的形成与交替的方向旋转。该模型使我们能够探索的基本物理动态力学响应的弹性体,也提供了一个潜在的有用的计算工具,工程设备的应用。

英文摘要:

Liquid crystal elastomers are cross-linked polymer networks covalently bonded with liquid crystal mesogens. In the nematic phase, due to strong coupling between mechanical strain and orientational order, these materials display strain-induced instabilities associated with formation and evolution of orientational domains. Using a 3-d finite element elastodynamics simulation, we investigate one such instability, the onset of stripe formation in a monodomain film stretched along an axis perpendicular to the nematic director. In our simulation we observe the formation of striped domains with alternating director rotation. This model allows us to explore the fundamental physics governing dynamic mechanical response of nematic elastomers and also provides a potentially useful computational tool for engineering device applications.

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