1、Constitutive modeling of the magnetic-dependent nonlineardynamic behavior of isotropic magnetorheological elastomersBochaoWang1,YanLi1,HaomingPang1,ZhenbangXu2,andXinglongGong11CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials,Department of Modern Mechanics,University of Science and
2、Techno-logy of China,Hefei 230027,China;2CAS Key Laboratory of On-orbit Manufacturing and Integration for Space,Optics System,Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanics andPhysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changchun 130033,ChinaCorrespondence:XinglongGong,E-mail:2024TheAuthor(s).Thisisanopenacce
3、ssarticleundertheCCBY-NC-ND4.0license(http:/creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Cite This:JUSTC,2024,54(1):0106(12pp)ReadOnlineAbstract:Isotropicmagnetorheologicalelastomers(MREs)aresmartmaterialsfabricatedbyembeddingmagnetizableparticlesrandomlyintoapolymermatrix.Underamagneticfield,itsmodu
4、luschangesrapidly,reversibly,andcontinu-ously,offeringwideapplicationpotentialinthevibrationcontrolarea.Experimentalobservationsshowthatthereisastrongfrequency,strainamplitude,andmagneticdependenceofthedynamicbehaviorofisotropicMRE.Althoughimport-antforpotentialapplications,themagnetic-dependentnonl
5、ineardynamicbehaviorofisotropicMREhasreceivedlittlethe-oreticalattention.ToaccuratelyevaluatethedynamicperformanceofisotropicMREandtoguidethedesignofisotropicMRE-basedproducts,anewconstitutivemodelbasedoncontinuummechanicstheoryisdevelopedtodepictthemagnetic-dependentnonlineardynamicbehaviorofisotro
6、picMRE.Subsequently,thenumericalimplementationalgorithmisde-veloped,andthepredictionabilityofthemodelisexamined.Themodelprovidesadeeperunderstandingoftheunderly-ingmechanicsofthemagnetic-dependentnonlinearviscoelasticbehaviorofisotropicMRE.Furthermore,themodelcanbeutilizedtopredictthemagnetomechanic
7、alcouplingbehaviorofisotropicMREandthereforeservesasausefulplat-formtopromotethedesignandapplicationofisotropicMRE-baseddevices.Keywords:isotropicmagnetorheologicalelastomer;frequencydependence;strainamplitudedependence;magneticde-pendence;nonlinearviscoelasticity;constitutivemodelingCLC number:O345
8、Document code:A1 IntroductionMagnerheologicalelastomers(MREs)aresmartmaterialsthatare often fabricated by embedding magnetizable particlesintoapolymermatrix.Underamagneticfield,duetothein-teractionbetweenparticlesandthematrix,magnetictunabil-ityofthemoduluscanbeachievedforMRE.Byutilizingthemagnetict
9、unabilityofthemodulus,applicationsofMREinsemiactivevibrationisolators13,smarttunedmassdampers4,5and vibration absorbers6 have been explored.Meanwhile,sincethemagneticpermeabilityofMREislargerthanthatofrubberandair,astressmismatchoccursandresultsinmag-netostrictionofMREifamagneticfieldisapplied.Dueto
10、magneto-induceddeformation,amagneticallycontrolledsur-facepattern7,8usingMREisexploited.ToguidethedesignofMRE-basedproducts,accuratechar-acterization and modeling of their dynamic behavior isneeded.Experimentally,a dynamic test of isotropic MREunder harmonic cyclic loading shows that the modulus ofM
11、REincreases with magnetic field and frequency but de-creaseswithstrainamplitude9,10.Ontheotherhand,thestressrelaxationtestofisotropicMREshowsthatalongertimeisneededforittoreachtheequilibriumstatewhenamagneticfieldisapplied11,12.Therefore,duetothecouplingbetweenparticlesandthematrixwithintheisotropic
12、MREundermag-netic and mechanical loadings,a complex,magnetic-dependentnonlineardynamicbehaviorisexhibited.Theoretically,magneticdipoletheory13wasinitiallyutil-izedtodepictthemodulusmagneticstiffeningeffectofMREunderthequasistaticcase.Next,thedistributionoftheparticlechain14andinelasticbehaviorofisot
13、ropicMREweretakenintoaccountthroughtheZenerviscoelasticelement15,16,fric-tionelement17,andfractionaldashpotelement18,19basedontheinfinitesimalstrainassumption.Afterwards,basedonthephenomenologicalmodelofMRE,thedynamicperformanceof MRE-based devices was modeled,e.g.,Refs.20,21.However,duetothesoftnat
14、ureofthematrix,magneticdipole-basedtheorycannotpredictthedynamicbehaviorofMREunderlargedeformation.Afinitestrainmagnetoelasticinter-actiontheorywasdevelopedbyDorfmannandOgden22.Itispostulated that Helmholtz free energy exists for isotropicMREandthatthederivativeofthefreeenergywithrespecttothedeforma
15、tiongradientandthemagneticfieldstrengthres-ultsinthecorrespondingstressandmagneticfluxdensity,re-spectively.FollowingthetheoreticalpathofDorfmannandOgden22,constitutivemodelsthatincorporatethemagnetiza-tionbehaviorandthecontributionofMaxwellstresstotheArticlehttp:/Received:November 28,2022;Accepted:
16、February 01,202301061DOI:10.52396/JUSTC-2022-0173JUSTC,2024,54(1):0106totalstresswithinisotropicMREweredeveloped23,24.Sub-sequently,the corresponding finite element implementationplatformwasdevelopedandusedtopredictthemagnetostric-tion-induceddeformationofanisotropicMREfilmbondedtoa nonmagnetic subs
17、trate2527.However,for the model de-veloped21,22,theeffectofthemagneticfieldiscoupledtotheclassicalhyperelasticmodelinanadditiveform,andthemod-ulusmagneticstiffeningeffectisonlyexhibitedindirectionswheretheMaxwellstressisnotzero.However,experimentaltestingresultsshowedthatamodulusmagneticstiffeningef
18、-fectalsoexistedinotherdirections.Therefore,themodulusmagneticstiffeningeffectcannotberepresentedfullybythemodeldeveloped.Currently,theoreticalworkshavemainlyfocusedonpre-dictingtherate-independentbehaviorofisotropicMRE.AsanessentialcomponentofthemechanicalbehaviorofMREandwhichisofgreatimportancetot
19、heapplicationofisotrop-icMREinthevibrationcontrolarea,thedynamicbehaviorofMREhasreceivedlittleattention.Constitutivemodelstode-pictthehysteresisbehaviorofisotropicMREmainlyfocusonthemagnetic-dependentviscoelasticbehaviorbasedonanin-finitesimalstrain assumption by adding a dashpot or vis-coelastic Ze
20、ner model1519.Although a finite strain-basedZenerviscoelasticelement2830wasintroducedtoaccountfortheviscoelasticbehaviorofthepolymermatrix,theviscosityoftheZenerviscoelasticelementwasassumedtobeacon-stantvalue,irrespectiveofthemagneticfieldandstrainamp-litude.However,as observed experimentally912,th
21、e vis-coelasticbehaviorofisotropicMREishighlymagneticandstrainamplitudedependent.Therefore,thereisacertaingapbetweentheexperimentaltestingandconstitutivemodelingofisotropicMRE.To evaluate the dynamic performance of isotropic MREunderdifferentfrequencies,strainamplitudes,andmagneticfieldsandtoguideth
22、edesignofMRE-baseddevices,anewconstitutivemodelofMREthatincorporatesmagnetic,fre-quency,andamplitudedependencyisdevelopedbasedonex-perimentaltestingandtheoreticalanalysis.Themajornov-eltyofthisstudyistodevelopanewconstitutivemodelbasedonfinitestraintheorythatthoroughlyincorporatesthemodu-lusmagnetic
23、stiffeningeffectandthenonlinearviscoelasti-cityofisotropicMRE.Thisworkcanprovideguidanceforthe accurate prediction of the magnetomechanical couplingbehaviorofisotropicMREandpromotethedesignandpos-sibleapplicationsofisotropicMRE-baseddevices.Theremainderofthispaperisorganizedasfollows.InSec-tion2,qua
24、sistatic,magnetization,and harmonic cyclic dy-namic tests of MRE are conducted.In Section 3,thecontinuummechanicsframeworkisintroduced.Afterwards,thespecificconstitutiveequationsareproposedinSection4.InSection5,theexperimentalandsimulationresultsarecom-pared;furthermore,themodelpredictionresultsarep
25、resen-ted.Finally,theconclusionispresentedinSection6.2 Experimental resultsCarbonylironparticles(CIPs,typeCN,BASF,Germanydia-meter7monaverage),polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS),andcuring agent are used.The mass ratio for carbonyl ironparticles,PDMS,andcuringagentis75251.Thespecif-ic fabrication process is
26、as follows.First,PDMS,curingagent,andcarbonylironparticlesaremixedfor5min.After-wards,the air bubbles within the mixture were extractedusingavacuumchamberforhalfanhour.Subsequently,themixturewaspouredintoarectangularmoldandvulcanizedat100Cforhalfanhour.Duringcuring,nomagneticfieldisapplied.Therefore
27、,thecarbonylparticlesareassumedtobehomogenizedanddistributedwithinthematrix,andthefab-ricatedMREisisotropic.Theschematicconfigurationcorres-pondingtothefabricationprocessofisotropicMREisshowninFig.1.Formoredetailsregardingthefabricationofiso-tropicMRE,thereadersarereferredtoRef.31.3105s115%Afterfabr
28、ication,aquasistatictestoftheisotropicMREwithastrainrateofandstrainamplitudeofundermagneticfieldswithmagnitudesof0,0.2T,and0.4Tareconductedonadynamicmechanicalanalyzer.Forthedy-namictest,0.1Hz,1Hz,and10Hzareconsidered,threesetsofstrainamplitudesof5%,10%,and15%andtwosetsofmagneticfieldsof0and0.4Tarea
29、pplied.AnElectroforce3200-typedynamicmechanicalanalyzer(DMA)fromTAin-strumentswiththefunctionofapplyingamagneticfield,asshowninFig.2,isusedtotestthemagnetic-dependentmech-anicalbehaviorofisotropicMRE.Beforetesting,therelationbetweenthemagneticfluxdensityandappliedcurrentwascalibratedthroughaTeslamet
30、er.Eachcombinationoffre-quency,strainamplitude,andmagneticfieldistestedthreetimes,andthemeanvalueistakenasthefinaltestdata.TocharacterizethemagnetizationperformanceofMRE,ahysteresismeasurementofsoftandhardmagneticmaterials(HyMDCMetis,Leuven,Belgium)wasutilized.Aftertest-ing,themeasurementresultsares
31、howninFigs.35.TheresultsinFig.3showthatapronouncedmodulusmag-neticstiffeningeffectisexhibitedforisotropicMRE.Further-more,thequasistaticbehaviorofisotropicMREisnonlinear.Specifically,theslopeofthestressstraincurvedecreasesfirst,then reaches a linear region,and afterwards,there isanother increase in
32、the slope.From the perspective ofFig.1.SchematicconfigurationforthefabricationofisotropicMRE.Magnetic-dependentnonlineardynamicmodelofisotropicmagnetorheologicalelastomersWangetal.01062DOI:10.52396/JUSTC-2022-0173JUSTC,2024,54(1):0106modeling,ahyperelasticmodelthatisabletodepictthenon-linearstress s
33、traincurveisneeded.Regardingthemagnetiza-tioncurve,it is found that the magnetization strength in-creaseswithincreasingmagneticfieldintensityuntilmagnet-icsaturationisreachedforisotropicMRE.Regarding the dynamic hysteresis stress strain curve,asshowninFigs.4and5,thepeakstressincreaseswithincreas-ing
34、 magnetic field,frequency,and strain amplitudes.Toquantitativelyevaluatetheinfluenceofthestrainamplitudeon the dynamic behavior of isotropic MRE,the Fouriertransform-basedmethodisappliedtoextracttheequivalentshearmodulusandlossfactorofisotropicMREinthefre-quencydomain.Mathematically,theequivalentshe
35、armodu-lusandlossfactoroftheMREarereachedthroughG=G+jG=,(1)|G|=(G)2+(G)2,(2)and=GG,(3)GGG|G|where,anddenotethecomplex,storage,andlossmoduli,respectively.and aretheFouriertransformsoftheshearstressandshearstraininthefrequencydomain.istheequivalentshearmodulus,and istheequivalentlossfactor.Afterapplyi
36、ngEqs.(1)(3),theequivalentstorageandloss modulus of the isotropic MRE is shown in Fig.6.Clearly,the equivalent modulus and the loss factor of theisotropicMREdecreasewithincreasingstrainamplitude.Mi-croscopically,this phenomenon is closely related to thedeformation-enhancedshearthinningofthepolymer.F
37、romaconstitutive modeling perspective,a strain amplitude andmagnetic field process-dependent nonlinear viscoelasticmodel is needed to depict the nonlinear and magnetic-dependentdynamicbehaviorofisotropicMRE.3 Continuum mechanics basis3.1 Kinematics and magnetic equationsreferencereferencecurrentrefe
38、rencecurrentDuetothesoftnatureandlargedeformationthatisotropicMREmayencounterduringapplication,continuummechan-icstheoryshouldbeappliedtodepictthemagnetomechanicalcouplingbehaviorofisotropicMRE.AsshowninFig.7,theinitialconfigurationoftheisotropicMREwherenoloadingisapplied is denoted as.After loading
39、,the isotropicMREmovesfromto.ThedeformationgradientthatconnectsandisF=(X)x,(4)XxC=FTFFvFeF=FeFvCe=(Fe)TFeCv=(Fv)TFvwhereisthemotionofaspecificmaterialpointwithco-ordinatesand inthereferenceandcurrentconfiguration,respectively.ThecorrespondingrightCauchyGreentensoris,wheresuperscriptTdenotesthetransp
40、oseofthematrix.TodepicttheviscoelasticbehaviorofisotropicMRE,following the theoretical path of finite strain viscoela-sticity3234,the deformation gradient is further multiplicat-ivelydecomposedintoaviscous()andanelasticpart()as.ThecorrespondingrightCauchyGreentensorsareand.referenceBRHRcurrentBHFurt
41、hermore,asshowninFig.7,themagneticfluxdensityand magnetic field intensity in are and.AccordingtothemagnetoelasticinteractiontheorybyDorf-mannandOgden22,theequivalentinteractionsinareandwithBR=JF1B,(5)HR=FTH.(6)BHAccordingtoRef.22,theboundaryconditionssatisfiedforandarenB=0,(7)nH=0,(8)()=()outside()M
42、REnBHB=0H0=1.256106TmA1SwheredenotesthedifferencebetweentheoutsidesurroundingsandMRE.isthenormaldirectionattheMREandsurroundingairinterfacealongtheappliedmagneticfluxdensitydirection.Invacuum,andarecon-nectedby,whereisthemagneticpermeabilityinvacuum.Furthermore,inFig.6denotes the second PiolaKirchho
43、ff stress in the referenceconfiguration,anditisconnectedtotheCauchystressbyFig.2.Dynamicmechanicalanalyzerwithfunctionofapplyingmagneticfield.(a)Photographofthedynamicmechanicalanalyzer.(b)Schematicconfigurationofthedynamicmechanicalanalyzer.Fig.3.QuasistaticstressstraintestresultsofisotropicMREunde
44、rdiffer-entmagneticfieldsandthemagnetizationstrength-magneticfieldintens-itycurveofisotropicMRE.Thelinesanddotsareexperimentalandsim-ulationresults,respectively.Wangetal.01063DOI:10.52396/JUSTC-2022-0173JUSTC,2024,54(1):0106Fig.4.DynamichysteresisstressstrainofisotropicMREunderdifferentfrequenciesan
45、dstrainamplitudes.Themagneticfieldis0T.ThelinesanddotsaretheexperimentalandsimulationresultsusingthemodifiedEyringviscoelasticmodel,respectively.Fig.5.DynamichysteresisstressstrainofisotropicMREunderdifferentfrequenciesandstrainamplitudes.Themagneticfieldis0.4T.Thelinesanddotsaretheexperimentalandsi
46、mulationresultsusingthemodifiedEyringviscoelasticmodel,respectively.(a)(b)Fig.6.Equivalentshearmodulus(a)andlossfactor(b)ofisotropicMREinthefrequencydomainunderdifferentstrainamplitudesandmagneticfields.Magnetic-dependentnonlineardynamicmodelofisotropicmagnetorheologicalelastomersWangetal.01064DOI:1
47、0.52396/JUSTC-2022-0173JUSTC,2024,54(1):0106=J1FSFT,(9)J=det(F)with.3.2 Thermodynamic frameworkCHRInthiswork,notemperaturechangeisconsidered.Therefore,an isotropic MRE is assumed under isothermal conditions.Temperaturehasasignificanteffectonthemechanicaldy-namicbehaviorofpolymer-basedmaterials.Theco
48、uplingofthe temperature-dependent magnetomechanical behavior ofisotropic MRE may be taken into account in the currentmodelthroughthetimetemperatureequivalenceprinciple35ortheWilliamsLandauFerryfunction36,whichwillbeoneofthefutureresearchdirectionsfollowingthiswork.Underisothermalconditions,itispostu
49、latedthataHelmholtzfreeenergyexistswithintheMREandisafunctionofand.Todepictthemagnetizationbehavior,themodulusmag-neticstiffeningeffect,theviscoelasticbehavioralongwiththecontributionoftheMaxwellstressonthetotalstress,isde-coupledintothreepartsas:(C,HR)=me(C,HR)+mve(Ce,HR)+m(C,HR),(10)memvemwhere,an
50、darethemagnetohyperelastic,mag-netoviscoelastic,andpuremagneticfreeenergyparts,respect-ively.AccordingtoRef.30,theClausiusPlanckinequalityofthermodynamicsthatmustbesatisfiedisHRBR+12S:C 0,(11)(Ce,HR)(C,HR)mvewhere the dot between two vectors represents the scalarproductoperator,twodotsarethesecond-o