Comparison of the tensile performance of polymer PC and PC/ABS

Large deformation performances of polycarbonate (PC) and PC/ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) have been investigated experimentally in this paper. The displacement fields of these polymers are measured with a system based on digital image correlation (DIC) method. The variations of strains during tension are measured and the true stress-strain curves are presented. For these materials, it is observed that the contraction in thickness is larger than that in width during tension. No obvious stress softening is observed in the true stress-strain curves. The true stress-strain curves can be fitted well with three-stage model.