• Butaud, Pauline

Abstract

This work proposes to use shape memory polymers to control structural vibrations. These materials exhibit amemory hysteresis which is practically associated with intrinsic damping properties which are very highwhen the memory effect is strong. First, a thermomechanical characterization of the shape memory polymerof interest (tBA/PEGDMA) is performed by dynamic mechanical analysis. A rheological model based on timetemperaturesuperposition is used to represent the viscoelastic behavior of the polymer. Secondly, anexperimental campaign is performed over a wide frequency and temperature range, through variousexperimental techniques (static, modal, nanoindentation, ultrasounds, high frequency dynamic analysis,acoustic microscopy) to define the area of validity, in frequency and temperature, of the rheological model.Third, the shape memory polymer is integrated into a composite sandwich structure to highlight the awesomedamping capabilities of the material. Finally, a damping tuning methodology by temperature control isproposed. Indeed, the power dissipation in the sandwich is related to physical properties of the tBA/PEGDMA core which are temperature-controlled to optimize the damping over a given frequency range.

Topics

• impedance spectroscopy
• polymer
• composite
• nanoindentation
• microscopy
• dynamic mechanical analysis