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http://dx.doi.org/10.9712/KASS.2014.14.3.093

Prediction Method of Long Term Creep Behavior for ETFE Foil by Using Viscoelastic-Plastic Model  

Kim, Jae-Yeol (Hyupsung Univ., Dept of Architectural Engineering)
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Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures / v.14, no.3, 2014 , pp. 93-100 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) has been widely used in long-span buildings because of its light weight and high transparency. This paper studies the short and long term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. A series of short-term creep and recovery tests were performed, in which the residual strain was observed. A long-term creep test of the ETFE foil was also performed over 110 days. A viscoelastic-plastic model was then established to describe the short-term creep and recovery behaviour. The model contains a traditional multi-Kelvin part and an added steady-flow component to represent the viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour, respectively. The model successfully fit the data for three stresses and six temperatures. Additionally, time-temperature equivalency was adopted to predict the long-term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. Horizontal shifting factors were determined from the process of shifting creep-curves at six temperatures. The long-term creep behaviours at three temperatures were predicted. Finally, the long-term creep test showed that the short-term creep test at identical temperatures insufficiently predicted additional creep behaviour, and the long-term test verified the horizontal shifting factors derived from the time-temperature equivalency.
Keywords
ETFE Foil; Creep Test; Recovery Test; Long-Term Creep Test; Viscoelastic-Plastic Model; Time-Temperature Equivalency;
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