Molecular dynamics simulation of the dynamical mechanical analysis of polybutadiene
Abstract
Dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA) is an experimental technique to characterize the viscoelastic behavior of thermoplastic polymers versus the frequency, temperature, etc. However, from an atomistic simulation viewpoint, DMA has not been much investigated. In this study we propose to fill this gap. Dynamical and mechanical properties of polymers have thus been investigated using atomistic simulation to characterize the viscoelastic response of 1,4-Polybutadiene (PBD), an important synthetic rubber. For this, the dynamic moduli of the 1,4-Polybutadiene (PBD) at different regimes have been analyzed considering two different methods using molecular dynamics simulations with GPU acceleration: one based on Green-Kubo expression, and the second one on calculating stress response in a cyclic deformation. The frequency-dependent complex shear modulus and dynamic viscosity of PBD have thus been reported. Our findings will aid future research in more accurate prediction of dynamical and mechanical properties of novel viscoelastic materials.
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BibTeX
@article{ebrahimi2026molecular,
title = {{Molecular dynamics simulation of the dynamical mechanical analysis of polybutadiene}},
author = {Sadollah Ebrahimi and Marc Meunier and Armand Soldera},
journal = {Polymer Testing},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107585},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05791317v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Molecular dynamics simulation of the dynamical mechanical analysis of polybutadiene
AU - Sadollah Ebrahimi
AU - Marc Meunier
AU - Armand Soldera
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/10
JO - Polymer Testing
DO - 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107585
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05791317v1
AB - Dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA) is an experimental technique to characterize the viscoelastic behavior of thermoplastic polymers versus the frequency, temperature, etc. However, from an atomistic simulation viewpoint, DMA has not been much investigated. In this study we propose to fill this gap. Dynamical and mechanical properties of polymers have thus been investigated using atomistic simulation to characterize the viscoelastic response of 1,4-Polybutadiene (PBD), an important synthetic rubber. For this, the dynamic moduli of the 1,4-Polybutadiene (PBD) at different regimes have been analyzed considering two different methods using molecular dynamics simulations with GPU acceleration: one based on Green-Kubo expression, and the second one on calculating stress response in a cyclic deformation. The frequency-dependent complex shear modulus and dynamic viscosity of PBD have thus been reported. Our findings will aid future research in more accurate prediction of dynamical and mechanical properties of novel viscoelastic materials.
SN - 0142-9418
ER -