Nonlinear Rate-Dependent Stress-Strain Behavior of Light-Weight Textile Conveyor Belt

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effect of loading rate on the tensile performance, the uniaxial tensile experiments were conducted on universal testing machine under different loading rates (5 mm/min, 10mm/min, 50 mm/min, 100 mm/min and 150 mm/min), and a constant gage length equal to 200mm, resulting in loading strain rate of 4.17×10-4, 8.33×10-4/s, 4.17×10-3/s, 8.33×10-3/s,1.25×10-2/s, and the tensile stress-strain curves were obtained. The experimental results show that the tensile properties of the conveyor belt exhibit obvious rate-dependent behavior. In this paper, the rate sensitivity coefficient varied with loading rate, was calculated, and the nonlinear rate-dependent behavior was also investigated.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 675-677)
• Pages: 453-456
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.675-677.453
• Online since: February 2011
• Authors: Ze Xing Wang, Jin Hua Jiang, Nan Liang Chen
• Keywords: Light-Weight Textile Conveyor Belts, Rate Dependence, Stress Strain Behaviors, Woven Fabric

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