Mechanical properties of coated fabric membranes at high temperature

Abstract

A model about the strength of polyvinyl chloride coated polyester at high temperature was proposed in this paper. The model can predict the warp-direction strength, weft-direction strength, and off-axis strength at high temperatures according to the uniaxial tensile strength in warp direction at room temperature. In this paper, the strength model of coated fabric membrane bearing biaxial tension was established by off-axis tensile test. Next, the strength of weld joints of coated fabric membrane at normal and high temperature were compared. Then, a strength predicting method for symmetric and asymmetric weld joints at high temperatures was proposed. Finally, the relation between temperature and fracture energy of weld seam was proposed.