Thermal wave imaging of propagating cracks in polymers

R.L. Thomas; L.D. Favro; P.K. Kuo; Z.L. Wu; T. Ahmed; X. Wang; Y. Wang; L.C. Jiang; H. van Oene

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:19947140

Numéro		J. Phys. IV France Volume 04, Numéro C7, Juillet 1994 8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena 8 ITMP³ / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique


Page(s)		C7-595 - C7-598
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19947140

8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP³ / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique

J. Phys. IV France 04 (1994) C7-595-C7-598
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19947140

Thermal wave imaging of propagating cracks in polymers

R.L. Thomas¹, L.D. Favro¹, P.K. Kuo¹, Z.L. Wu¹, T. Ahmed¹, X. Wang¹, Y. Wang¹, L.C. Jiang¹ and H. van Oene²

¹ Department of Physics and Institute for Manufacturing Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, U.S.A.
² Polymer Science Department, Scientific Research Laboratory, Ford Motor Company, P.O. Box 2053, Dearborn, MI 48121, U.S.A.

Abstract
Thermal wave imaging techniques, using both an Inframetrics IR740 Camera and a Santa Barbara Focal Plane InSb array camera, have been used to measure the temperature distributions around propagating cracks in polymer materials. Cracks have been initiated under tensile stress with various strain rates, and in several different polymer materials. The time-dependent thermal behavior is then studied. This behavior includes elastic cooling, followed by heating caused by plastic deformation in the stressed region prior to crack formation, and localized heating as the crack initiates and propagates, followed by diffusive cooling after failure. The fullfield picture provides also information about the interaction of cracks with pre-existing flaws, and the dynamics of the interaction between two cracks.