Project Title:

Software System for Predicting Engineering Properties of Polymer Matrix Resins

04.01-1049
Software System for Predicting Engineering Properties of Polymer Matrix Resins
Advanced Materials Design, Inc.
1291 East Cumberland Avenue
West Lafayette
IN
47906
Alok K.
Kulshreshtha
(317-497-1049)
LeRC

Abstract:

An integrated software package will be developed to predict the engineering properties
of polymers used as matrix resins in aerospace composites. The software is built
upon a nonlinear visco-elastic constitutive equation that acknowledges the fundamental
deformation processes. The constitutive equation predicts the complete stress-strain
behavior including yield for glassy polymers in arbitrary, time-dependent, three-dimensional
deformation fields. The objective of this project will be to develop an efficient,
robust, and user friendly code that can assist polymer scientists and engineers in
developing new resins for advanced aerospace applications.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications:  The software will enable order of magnitude reduction
in the time and expense required to develop and/or evaluate new polymers for engineering
applications.