This paper presents the development of a Representative Volume Element (RVE) for Ultra-high-Molecular-Weight-Polyethylene (UHMWPE) composites. The numerical models were based on fibrillar nature UHMWPE fibres, which consist smaller scale, continuous through-the-length macro-fibrils. A three-dimensional constitutive model macro-fibrils was developed and implemented in LS-DYNA explicit finite ele...

The crystallographic texture evolution of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) subjected to different strains (up engineering 3.00) under uniaxial tension is presented in this work. A somewhat linear with 60% crystalline region and 40% amorphous has been used study. Wide angle X-ray diffraction utilized study the undeformed deformed UHMWPE samples help pole figures. components have...

Monolithic aerogels of high molecular weight polyethylene (Mw= 3x106- 6x106 g/mol) have been prepared by solvent extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide from thermoreversible gels prepared in decalin. These low density and highly porous aerogels present an apparent porosity up to 90%. The aerogel morphology observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is characterized by spherulitic stru...