Article: Orthotropic Elastic Constants for Polyimide Film.

RICHARD J. FARRIS [*]

The orthotropic constants of polyimide film have been characterized using the theory of elasticity of an anisotropic material. Experimental techniques coupled with the mechanics of orthotropic materials are used to determine all 9 independent orthotropic elastic constants (3 tensile moduli, 3 shear moduli, and 3 Poisson's ratios) and 3 coefficients of thermal expansion. Vibrational holographic interferometry is used to determine the orthotropic axes of symmetry. For this polyimide film, the two principal axes coincided with the machine and transverse directions. It is also used to evaluate the 2 in-plane Poisson's ratios by measuring ...

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