Experimental study of the failure of HDPE and HIPS by the damage's method

El Kori, Rabiaa; Lamarti, Amal; Salmi, Houda; Hachim, Abdelilah; El Had, Khalid

doi:10.22063/poj.2023.3259.1242

Experimental study of the failure of HDPE and HIPS by the damage's method

Document Type : Original research

Authors

¹ Laboratory of Mechanics, Engineering and Innovation, National Higher School of Electricity and Mechanics, Hassan II University of Casablanca (UH2C), Maarif Casablanca 20100, Morocco

² Higher Institute of Maritimes Studies, Casablanca Casablanca

10.22063/poj.2023.3259.1242

Abstract

This work focuses on the damage of two thermoplastic materials, high density polyethylene "(HDPE)" and high impact polystyrene "(HIPS)". The contribution of this work is to determine the lifetime of these polymers by proposing a new static method of different notches with different opening lengths instead of depth change, to predict the damage behavior of HDPE and HIPS.
Three damage models were used with to predict the lifetime of these polymers by a proposed simple method than the old complex methods. Chemical and microscopic analyses by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry FTIR and scanning electron microscope SEM were performed. The results indicate that the shape of the notch and the morphological nature of the polymer influence the mechanical behavior of these polymers. The proposed experimental factors (life fraction as a function of notches) are in very good agreement with the experimental results.

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