Numerical-experimental Evaluation of a Hyperelastic Polyurethane Adhesive

This article presents the results of the experimental tests carried out on a polyurethane hyperelastic adhesive. The Mooney-Rivlin, Ogden and Yeoh models were analyzed between others, with different order and parameters using the finite element method and the Ansys V17.1 package, with the aim of evaluating the convergence of a general hyperelastic model, to subsequently manufacture specimens and perform experimental uniaxial stress tests. The information obtained from the tests was supplied to a curve fitting model for several hyperelastic models, seeking to obtain a correlation between these tests. New analyzes were performed with the finite element method with the materials considered and the curves adjusted. The results were studied and the numerical hyperelastic model closest to reality was selected, observing that the 1st order Yeoh model presented significant deviations between -30% to 60% in the experimental stiffness, the 3rd order Yeoh model presented deviations of -5% to -30%, while Ogden models of 1st and 3rd order presented deviations of -3.5% to 25% and -3% to 20%, before approaching the critical load, where the model of Ogden of 1st order presented a deviation of 0.66% and that of 3rd order of -3.59%. The 2 parameter Mooney-Rivlin model presents a deviation of 3.9% when it approaches the critical load, but values from -2.04% to 15% during the development of the stress test, so that model proved to be the most appropriate to analyze the material investigated in this work. Key Words: Hyperelastic material, Experimental Methods, Numerical Methods, FEA