Intumescent mat materials in catalytic converters undergo chemical reactions that lead to material property changes and volume expansion during heating processes. Dead weight (load control) and displacement control compression experiments have been performed to explore static and transient stress-strain responses. The apparatus and methods for both experiments are described. The experimental results together with a strain decomposition procedure yield a master curve that can be employed for constitutive modelling.
StroomP. D.MerryR. P.GulatiS. T.Systems approach to packaging design for automotive catalytic converters. In Proceedings of the International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1990, SAE technical paper SP-810, No. 900500, pp. 39–51.
2.
ReddyK. P.HelfinstineJ. D.GulatiS. T.New tests for characterizing the durability of a ceramic catalytic converter package. In Proceedings of the International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1996, SAE technical paper SP-1173, No. 960559, pp. 157–192.
3.
KisenyiJ.SoeK.LeasonP.ToobyC.PritchettD.MorganG.ZillikensM.Ensuring substrate retention. Part 2 In Catalysis and Automotive Pollution Control IV, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 116, 1998, pp. 513–526 (Elsevier, Amsterdam).
4.
GulatiS. T.SherwoodD. L.CornS. H.Robust packaging system for diesel/natural gas oxidation catalysts. In Proceedings of the International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1996, SAE technical paper SP-1140, No. 960471, pp. 151–161.
5.
ChenD. K.S.VermaA.Integrity of an automotive catalytic converter during the assembly process. Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November, 1990, ASME paper 90-WA/DE-6 (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York).
6.
MujuS.SagerR.SniderB.Catalytic converter durability analysis. In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE'97), Dallas, Texas, November 1997 (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York).
7.
FuehneJ.TaylorW.KimJ.LeeJ. K.Characterization of catalytic converter mat material for predictive analysis. In Proceedings of the SAE 2000 World Congress, Detroit, Michigan, March 2000, SAE technical paper SP-1532, No. 2000–01-0218, pp. 35–41.
8.
TaylorW.FuehneJ.LyonR.KimJ.LeeJ. K.FEA Simulation and Experimental Validation of Catalytic Converter Structural Integrity. In Proceedings of the SAE 2000 World Congress, Detroit, Michigan, March 2000, SAE technical paper SP-1532, No. 2000–01-0219, pp. 1–10.
9.
ABAQUS Theory Manual, 1997 (Hibbitt, Karlsson and Sorensen Inc., Pawtucket, Rhode Island).
