Mechanical Behavior and Energy Dissipation of Woven and Warp-Knitted Pvc Membrane Materials under Multistage Cyclic Loading

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 1666
• Main Authors: Guo, Shanshan, Wang, Linlin, Shao, Guangwei, Shao, Huiqi, Jiang, Jinhua, Chen, Nanliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.04.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Composite materials; Cyclic loads; Damage accumulation; damage variable; Deformation; Density; Energy dissipation; Knitting; Mechanical properties; Membranes; multistage cyclic loading; Plastic deformation; Polyesters; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polyvinyl chloride; Strain; Uniaxial tensile strength; Warp; Weft; woven and warp-knitted PVC membrane materials; Yarn; woven and warp-knitted PVC membrane materials; energy dissipation; damage variable; multistage cyclic loading

In order to study the mechanical behavior and energy dissipation of architectural membrane materials under multistage cyclic loading, the deformation behavior, energy dissipation, and damage characteristics of four kinds of warp-knitted and woven polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane materials were anal...