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Multiscale Viscoplastic-Viscodamage Analysis Of Shape Memory Polymer Fibers With Application To Self Healing Smart Materials, Amir Shojaei
Multiscale Viscoplastic-Viscodamage Analysis Of Shape Memory Polymer Fibers With Application To Self Healing Smart Materials, Amir Shojaei
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Self-healing smart material systems have been introduced into the research arena and they have already been deployed into industrial applications. The Close-Then-Heal (CTH) healing mechanism for polymeric self-healing systems is addressed herein and then a new generation of Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) based self-healing system is proposed in this work. This system incorporates SMP fibers to close the cracks while the embedded Thermoplastic Particles (TPs) are diffused into the crack surfaces upon heating and provide a molecular level of healing. The SMP fiber manufacturing procedure is briefly addressed in this work in which the bobbin of SMP fibers are heat …