Affiliation:
1. College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering (College of Flexible Electronics), Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
Abstract
This paper aimed to experimentally clarify the dynamic crushing performance of expanded polyethylene (EPE) and analyze the influence of thickness and dropping height on its mechanical behavior based on the stress–energy method. Hence, a series of impact tests are carried out on EPE foams with different thicknesses and dropping heights. The maximum acceleration, static stress, dynamic stress and dynamic energy of EPE specimens are obtained through a dynamic impact test. Then, according to the principle of the stress–energy method, the functional relationship between dynamic stress and dynamic energy is obtained through exponential fitting and polynomial fitting, and the cushion material constants a, b and c are determined. The maximum acceleration-static stress curves of any thickness and dropping height can be further fitted. By the equipartition energy domain method, the range of static stress can be expanded, which is very fast and convenient. When analyzing the influence of thickness and dropping height on the dynamic cushioning performance curves of EPE, it is found that at the same drop height, with the increase of thickness, the opening of the curve gradually becomes larger. The minimum point on the maximum acceleration-static stress curve also decreases with the increase of the thickness. When the dropping height is 400 mm, compared to foam with a thickness of 60 mm, the tested maximum acceleration value of the lowest point of the specimen with a thickness of 40 mm increased by 45.3%, and the static stress is both 5.5 kPa. When the thickness of the specimen is 50 mm, compared to the dropping height of 300 mm, the tested maximum acceleration value of the lowest point of the specimen with a dropping height of 600 mm increased by 93.3%. Therefore, the dynamic cushioning performance curve of EPE foams can be quickly obtained by the stress–energy method when the precision requirement is not high, which provides a theoretical basis for the design of cushion packaging.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Polymers and Plastics,General Chemistry
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