Cure modeling in Abaqus/Standard

The material parameters used are given below.

Elasticity

Table 1. Linear elasticity.

$E$	$\nu$	Temperature	Field variable
0.003	0.45	20.0	0.0
19.2	0.45	200.0	1.0

Viscoelasticity

Table 2. Prony series coefficients.

$g_1$	$k_1$	${\tau }_1$
0.4	0.0	$2\times {10}^{-7}$
0.3	0.0	4.0
0.2	0.0	$5\times {10}^8$

Table 3. Tabular definition of the shift function.

Logarithm of the shift function	Temperature	Field variable
-3.5	20.0	0.0
-3.0	200.0	0.0
0.5	20.0	1.0
-16.0	200.0	1.0

Thermal properties

Table 4. Conductivity and specific heat.

$k$	$c$
$3.2\times {10}^{-4}$	$1.86\times {10}^6$

Reaction kinetics

Table 5. Kamal model.

$Z_1$	$E_1$	$m_1$	$n_1$	$b_1$
$3.5\times {10}^{14}$	${10}^5$	1.05	1.3	0.0

The values for the tabular model were generated from the Kamal's model described in the above table.

Shrinkage coefficients

Table 6. Volumetric and isotropic shrinkage coefficients.

Isotropic shrinkage coefficient, $\gamma$	Volumetric shrinkage coefficient, ${\gamma }_{vol}$
0.01433	0.043

Table 7. Orthotropic shrinkage coefficients.

${\gamma }_{11}$	${\gamma }_{22}$	${\gamma }_{33}$
0.01433	0.01	0.007

Table 8. Anisotropic shrinkage coefficients.

${\gamma }_{11}$	${\gamma }_{22}$	${\gamma }_{33}$	${\gamma }_{12}$	${\gamma }_{13}$	${\gamma }_{23}$
0.01433	0.01	0.007	0.002	0.001	0.0015

Volumetric heat generation parameters

Table 9. Specific heat of reaction and initial density.

Q	${\rho }_0$
$2.5\times {10}^7$	$1.25\times {10}^{-9}$