Evaluation of U-Notch and V-Notch Geometries on the Mechanical Behavior of PVDF: The DIC Technique and FEA Approach.

The notch effect of semicrystalline PVDF was investigated using U- and V-notch geometries with different depths, and tensile tests were performed at 23 °C using the DIC technique and FEA. Both unnotched and notched dumbbell-shaped specimens were subjected to tensile loading with the DIC technique to obtain mechanical curves and strain maps. The experimental data were compared to a numerical model, analyzing both global mechanical curves and local strain maps around the notch region to assess the accuracy of the simulations.

Data on tensile tests and NMR measurements of poly(vinilidene fluoride) before and after stress relaxation.

Poly(vinilidene fluoride) was characterized before and after stress relaxation by tensile tests and time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR). Tensile tests were performed to provide mechanical properties, focused on the data of elastic modulus for this matter. The TD-NMR technique was used to calculate the fraction of crystalline, constrained amorphous and free amorphous phase, and the transversal relaxation time of each of these phases.