Document Type : Research Paper

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Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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In recent decades polymeric composites have received considerable attention from different industrial sectors due to their outstanding properties. Despite the multi-purpose properties, polymers undergo creep even at room temperature which is considered as a disadvantage for their long-term applications. Numerous methods have been suggested by researchers in order to predict creep in polymeric composites. In this article, a brief review is conducted on fundaments of creep in polymers and different theoretical methods presented for creep modeling in long fiber reinforced laminated composites are categorized. Then, a new method for evaluating long-term creep in polymeric composites relying on short-term experimental data on pure resin is developed. The developed model is just in need of simple tension-creep tests on pure resin as input and creep behavior of pure resin is evaluated accordingly. Then, the results are used to estimate creep behavior a single composite laminate and finally creep behavior of laminated composites with arbitrary lay-up configurations is theoretically characterized. In parallel, the capability of micromechanical rules in estimating creep behavior of composites using its constituent’s behavior is investigated. A comparison between published experimental observations and theoretically obtained results imply on proper performance of developed modeling procedure for analyzing creep phenomenon in polymeric composites.

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