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Nonlinear Elasticity of Poly (P-Phenylene Benzobisthiazole) (PBZT) Fibers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. Jiang ,
R.K. Eby ,
W. W. Adams  and
Galen Lenhert
H. Jiang
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
R.K. Eby
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
W. W. Adams
Affiliation:
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Dayton, Ohio 45433-6533
Galen Lenhert
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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Abstract

We have developed a method which uses laser-generated ultrasound to measure the Young's modulus of fibers as a function of temperature and static tensile stress. For fibers of PBZT, measurements have been made to 580°C and 1.7 GPa. The fibers are shown to exhibit nonlinear elasticity which changes systematically with temperature, tensile stress and fiber processing conditions. They exhibit a relaxation associated with a structure change at about 300–400°C.

We have also used x-ray diffraction to measure both the crystal modulus and aspects of the ultrastructure such as crystal orientation as a function of static tensile stress, crystal size and unit cell. It is shown that improved crystal orientation with increased tensile stress is one of the most important mechanisms of the nonlinear elasticity. The measurements of orientation distribution are combined with other measurements to make calculations of the crystal modulus for the assumptions of uniform stress and uniform strain. These apparent crystal moduli are considerably greater than the measured ultrasonic ones and both are less than the theoretical values. The assumptions of uniform stress and uniform strain have also been used together with the orientation distribution and other parameters to calculate the macroscopic modulus. Both results exhibit less nonlinear elasticity than that observed experimentally, indicating that there is another mechanism in addition to the crystal reorientation which contributes to the nonlinear elasticity. The x-ray measurements of unit cell as a function of temperature to 450°C show a structure change at about 300-400°C. It is consistant with an oscillation of the phenyl and bisthiazole moities around the connecting single bonds.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 134: Symposium J – Materials Science and Engineering of Rigid-Rod Polymers , 1988 , 341
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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