MEASURING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THIN FILMS BY A HEMISPHERICAL CAPPED SHAFT-LOADED BLISTER TEST

摘要

A new shaft-loaded blister test is used to directly measure the mechanical properties of thin polymeric films. The shaft tip is rounded to a hemispherical cap to avoid film puncture. An elastic solution is suggested for the applied load as a function of shaft displacement, which depends on the ratio of shaft radius to blister dimension. To avoid concentrated load, an alternative way of loading the blister is by a horizontal cylinder of finite radius.