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Non-adiabatic heating of polymer films under drawing

International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering20149:1

Received: 3 April 2014

Accepted: 13 May 2014

Published: 9 September 2014



The produced mechanical work at tensile drawing is converted into heat almost completely and the polymer temperature rises. The temperature rise at adiabatic drawing for different polymers is 20-100°C.


To determine the temperature of PET during neck propagation, micro-particles with pre-determined melt surface were dusted on the sample surface. If particles melted, surface temperature exceeded the particle melt temperature. In addition, the temperature rise was analyzed theoretically.


The surface temperature of 140°С of PET film samples was recorded. Equations describing distribution of temperature are derived. The equations are solved for steady neck propagation. The drawing ratio in the neck and the draw stress are the main parameters determining the temperature rise. A new method of measurement of the heat transfer coefficient from the neck temperature profile is developed.


When the temperature in the yield zone reaches the glass transition temperature, appear pores, the neck drawing ratio increases, and further temperature rises are observed.


PolymerAdiabatic heatingNeckingDrawingDraw stress


Amorphous polymers are stretched to improve the strength and the Young's modulus. If drawing occurs without application of external heat, the process is called cold drawing. Drawing is often done at room temperature and thus called a cold drawing. However, it may be performed at elevated temperatures lower than the glass transition temperature.

When a strip of film is stretched with a constant rate, initially homogeneous extension evolves into a non-homogeneous motion in which the strip thins down in a short region along its length and forms a neck. Initially, the neck lengthens and deepens. However, eventually it grows in length without further change of depth. Outside of the neck, the material is in a state of low stretch; within the neck, stretch is high. The transition zone during a drawing process moves along the sample with a constant velocity. Upon the passage of this zone through a region, the material in that region is taken from the state of low stretch to the state of high stretch.

According to Joule, mechanical work done in liquids is converted into heat, and the temperature of the liquid increases. A different behavior is observed in elastic materials. Under tension, the temperature of elastic materials decreases. The effect was predicted by Thomson (1853) and found experimentally by Joule (Joule and Thomson 1856). Glassy polymers exhibit both types of behavior. At low tensile strains, deformation is elastic and temperature decreases (Muller 1962; Haward 1994). After the onset of yielding, the sign of the thermal effect changes and temperature rises (VonEngelter and Muller 1958; Andrianova et al. 1978; Godovsky 1992; Salamatina et al. 1989; Rittel 1999; Hillmansen and Haward 2001; Haward 2003; Wunderlich 2007; Leevers and Godart 2008; Nasraoui et al. 2009; Wunderlich 2011; Swallowe 2012).

The magnitude of temperature change at cold drawing is much higher than that at elastic deformation. The temperature decrease at elastic deformation does not exceed 1 K. The temperature rise, ∆T, for drawing of polyvinylchloride (PVC) was estimated by Engelter and Muller as 59°C (VonEngelter and Muller 1958). They assumed that the work done in drawing is completely converted into heat. This assumption was confirmed experimentally for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (Andrianova et al. 1978). However, usually some fraction of the produced work is accumulated as internal energy. The typical ratio of the generated heat to the produced work, Q/A, for polymer drawing is 0.7 to 0.9 (Godovsky 1992; Salamatina et al. 1989). The ratio Q/А for low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polyamide-6 does not depend on the drawing rate (Godovsky 1992). In contrast, for amorphous PET, the ratio Q/А increases from 0.95 at low drawing rates, V, to 1.3-1.35 at V = 120 mm/min. Q/А exceeds unity due to crystallization of PET at high drawing rates (Godovsky 1992).

At low drawing rates, the generated heat is dissipated into the environment and the temperature rise may be neglected (Müller and Brauer 1954; Ward 1984; Koenen 1994; Toda et al. 2002). The temperature grows with the drawing rate (Koenen 1994; Toda et al. 2002). Different non-systematized and sometimes inconsistent data for the magnitude of the temperature rise were reported. A 25°C temperature rise, ∆T, was observed in polycarbonate (PC) in room conditions at a drawing rate V = 307 mm/min (Koenen 1994), and for PET, the temperature T = 84°C was recorded at V = 500 mm/min (Toda et al. 2002). For PET, the temperature T = 120°С was reported in room conditions (Kechekyan et al. 1970). The thermo-mechanical fracture of PET was observed at high drawing rates (Kechekyan et al. 1970; Hillmansen and Haward 2001; Haward 2003).

The temperature rise in the neck for adiabatic drawing conditions is described by the Engelter-Muller equation which was modified to consider the fraction of mechanical work accumulated by a polymer (Hillmansen and Haward 2001):
ΔT = α σ d λ 1 ρc ,
where σd represents the drawing stress, ρ the density, с the heat capacity of a polymer, λ = L/L0 the natural drawing ratio in the neck, L0 the initial length of a sample, L its length after neck propagation, and α = Q/А the fraction of work converted into heat.

The polymer drawing stress, density, heat capacity, and the natural drawing ratio, λ, are usually considered material constants independent of temperature and the drawing speed. For example, for PET and PA-6, the drawing ratio, λ, does not depend on temperature and drawing rate (Godovsky 1992). However, at high drawing rates (>100 mm/min), an increase in the drawing ratio, λ, was observed for PET and PP (Liu and Harrison 1988; Bazhenov 2011). An increase in λ with temperature was observed for PC (Chiang et al. 2013) and HDPE (Serenko et al. 2003). In contrast, the drawing ratio, λ, of PET decreases as it approaches the glass transition temperature (Rietsch et al.).

The theory of temperature rise at non-adiabatic neck propagation was founded by Barenblatt (1970). The theory assumes that the produced work is converted into heat in a thin transition region between the neck and non-oriented part of the drawn sample. The theory was modified by Toda who used a classical heat diffusion equation (Toda 1994). For PET, Toda's equation predicts a maximum temperature rise in the neck, ∆T, as 20°C to 25°C. However, in experiments, substantially higher temperature was registered (Toda et al. 2002). On this reason, a fitting parameter, multiplying the temperature rise by a factor 2.5, was used (Toda 1994). Bazhenov corrected Toda's equation and obtained reasonable agreement with experimental data for high drawing rates without any fitting parameters (Bazhenov 2011). However, for low drawing rates, the equation used in (Bazhenov 2011) is not accurate.

The goal of the present work is to study the temperature rise at cold drawing of PET.


Commercial films of amorphous non-oriented PET were tested in tension at a constant drawing rate. The thickness of the films was 170 μm. The samples were straight strips cut from the polymer film. The width of test samples was 5 mm, and the gauge length was 20 mm. To initiate necking in the gauge part, the samples were bent in their center before testing. Tensile tests were performed at room temperature with a Shimadzu Autograph AGS-H universal testing machine (Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan).

To determine temperature of the PET sample surface during neck propagation, organic particles with different melting points were prepared. With this aim, phenazitil and benzanilide with melting points of 137°С and 161°С, respectively, were mixed. The melting temperatures of mixtures were changed by variation of the component fractions. Mixtures were stirred in liquid state. After cooling, mixtures were ground in a mortar to obtain particles with a size 10 to 20 μm. The melting point of the powder particles was determined with a temperature stage of an optical microscope in polarized light. The particles were studied in the microscope, and the melting temperature was determined with an accuracy of 1°C.

Obtained particles were dusted on the surface of the PET samples. If particles did not melt during sample drawing, they were removed from the sample surface with a cotton wool. If particles melted, they were adhered to a surface. In this case, the experiment was repeated using particles with higher melting temperature. The neck temperature was determined with a precision of 5°С.


Figure 1 shows the photograph of the neck propagating through a PET sample. The unoriented part of the sample and the neck are separated by a transition zone where the polymer is oriented and heat is released. The length of the transition zone is close to the thickness of the test film. The equation describing temperature in the non-oriented part of the sample is derived in the Appendix:
T t = a 2 2 T x 2 + u T x 2 β T T o h + w ρсhw ,
Figure 1
Figure 1

Photograph of neck propagation in PET sample.

where T(x) is the temperature in point x (Figure 2), a = (χ/ρc)1/2, ρ is the density, c the heat capacity, χ the coefficient of thermal conductivity of a polymer, h the thickness, w the width of the sample, T o the temperature of the surrounding, and β the heat transfer coefficient (heat dissipated in surrounding per 1 m2 surface on 1 K temperature difference).
Figure 2
Figure 2

Schematic of the neck propagation. The origin of the moving coordinate system is placed in the transition zone region between the neck and non-oriented part of the sample. V, the cross-head speed; dx, the length of the sample element; Δx, the length of the transition zone; u, the speed of non-oriented part of the sample; V + u, the speed of the neck.

The neck temperature is described by an equation derived in the Appendix:
T t = a 2 2 T x 2 + λu T x 2 β T T o h n + w ρс h n w ,
where hn is the film thickness in the neck.
Assuming that the length of the transition zone Δx is very short, the solution of Equations 2 and 3 for steady neck propagation is
Δ T = α σ d V V 2 λ 2 ρ 2 c 2 4 λ 1 2 + 2 β χ h n + w h n w + V 2 ρ 2 c 2 4 λ 1 2 + 2 β χ h + w hw Vρc 2 ,
where ∆T is the temperature rise in the transition zone. Equation 4 at high drawing rates (V2ρ2c2/(λ − 1)2 >> 8βχ/h) gives Equation 1 derived from first principles (Hillmansen and Haward 2001; Bazhenov 2011). Note that the theory determines temperature rise ∆T, while in experiments, temperature T is measured. Below the temperature of a surrounding air, T0, is assumed equal to 22°C.
Drawing conditions are adiabatic if heat losses to surroundings may be neglected. Considering Equation 4, this condition is fulfilled at V >> Vc, where
V с = 8 β λ 1 2 χ ρ 2 с 2 h .
Vc characterizes the drawing rate of the transition from isothermal to adiabatic conditions. Drawing is isothermal at V << Vc. The typical values of Vc are presented in Table 1 for different polymers. Vc is comparatively close for all presented polymers. However, Vc depends on the sample thickness.
Table 1

Adiabatic temperature rise and the cross-head speed of transition from isothermal to adiabatic conditions


Drawing ratio,λ

V, mm min−1

α  =  Q/А(Godovsky1992)

ρ, kg m−3

c, J kg−1  K−1

χ, Wt m−1  K−1

Draw stress,σd, MPa

ΔT, °Ca

Vcb, mm/min




0.85 ± 0.05










0.85 ± 0.05




















0.80 ± 0.05










0.7 to 0.83





26 to 31





0.95 ± 0.05










1.12 ± 0.05










1.30 to 1.35










1.30 to 1.35










0.95 ± 0.05







aCalculated with Equation 6 for room temperature 22°C; bFor sample thickness 2 mm.


Adiabatic drawing

Figure 3 shows a typical engineering tensile stress σ plotted against strain ε. The horizontal part of the curve corresponds to steady neck propagating through the sample.
Figure 3
Figure 3

Typical engineering tensile stressσ-strainεcurve for PET film tested in tension at cross-head speedV= 10 mm/min.

The temperature of the PET film in the neck was measured in room conditions at a drawing rate of 1,000 mm/min as described in the ‘Methods’ section. The temperature, T, was determined as 140°С ± 5°С. According to theoretical estimation, the adiabatic temperature rise for PET is ∆T = 57°C (Ward 1984). This value is half of the ∆T = 140 − 22 = 118°С measured in this work. To explain the difference, parameters of Equation 1 were measured as a function of the drawing rate.

Figure 4 shows the drawing ratio of PET in the neck, λ, plotted against the cross-head speed, V. At low cross-head speeds, drawing ratio λ = 4.5. Further increase of the cross-head speed to 1,000 mm/min leads to an increase in λ. Approximation of the curve by two straight lines shows that the onset of λ increase is observed at V = 70 to 80 mm/min.
Figure 4
Figure 4

The drawing ratio of PET in neck, λ , plotted against the cross-head speed, V .

Figure 5 shows the PET drawing stress, σd, plotted against the cross-head speed, V. The curve is N-like in shape. At low drawing rates, the temperature rise may be neglected, and σd grows with V. At medium drawing rates, from 5 to 100 mm/min, the draw stress decreases due to heat softening of the polymer. At high drawing rates, the draw stress, σd, increases with V.
Figure 5
Figure 5

The draw stress, σ d , plotted against the cross-head speed, V .

Figure 6 shows the ratio of the released heat to the produced mechanical work, α = Q/А, plotted against the cross-head speed, V. The ratio Q/А increases from 0.95 at V = 2 mm/min to 1.30-1.35 at V = 120 mm/min. This is explained by crystallization heat at high drawing rates.
Figure 6
Figure 6

The fraction of work converted into heat,α=Q/A, plotted against the cross-head speedV. Experimental data are taken from (Godovsky 1992).

Adiabatic temperature rise of PET for the drawing rate V = 1,000 mm/min was calculated at ρ = 1,332 kg m−3, α = 1.325 (Figure 6), σd = 37 MPa, λ = 6.5, с = 1,130 J kg−1 K−1, β = 51 J m−2 s−1, and χ = 0.14 J m−2 s−1 K−1 (Bazhenov 2011). Using Equation 1, ∆T = 170°С was obtained. The temperature rise is high, and the heat capacity in the interval of 23°С to 193°С is not constant. For this reason, the heat capacity at T < Tg (75°С) was instead described by the expression (van Krevelen and te Nijenhuis 2009)
с = 1 , 130 1 + 0.003 Т 295 J kg 1 K 1 .
At T > Тg, it was described (van Krevelen and te Nijenhuis 2009) as
c = 1 , 550 1 + 0.0022 Т Т g J kg 1 K 1 .
The temperature was calculated by solution of the equation:
α σ d λ 1 = ρ 295 T c d T .

Numerical solution of Equation 8 gives T = 159°С. This value is close to the experimentally measured value T = 140°С.

Table 1 presents parameters determining temperature rise, ΔT, for different polymers. Figure 7 shows the typical values of adiabatic temperature rise, ΔT, calculated with Equation 8 for different polymers. ΔT is relatively low for LDPE, PC, HDPE, PVC, and PP: 20°C, 26°C, 28°C, 28°C, and 43°C, respectively. The calculated value ΔT = 26°C for PC practically coincides with the experimental value of 23°C to 25°C (Koenen 1994). ΔT for PA-6, PA-66, and PET is high: 74°C and 137°C, respectively. For the last two polymers, the adiabatic temperature increase from room temperature would exceed the glass transition temperature Tg. Temperature rise is especially high for PET due to the combination of high drawing stress, σd, and high drawing ratio, λ.
Figure 7
Figure 7

Typical values of the adiabatic temperature rise, ∆T, for different polymers.

Non-adiabatic drawing

Figure 8 shows the temperature, T, in the PET neck, plotted against the cross-head speed, V. Drawing ratio and drawing stress were taken from Figures 3 and 4. At V < 2 mm/min, the ratio α was considered constant equal to 0.95. At V > 120 mm/min, α = 1.325 was taken. Temperature, T, was calculated assuming that the volume of polymer at drawing does not change and the film thickness in the neck hn = h/λ. However, at high drawing rates, PET voids and this assumption is not fulfilled. At low V, the temperature is close to 22°C. Usually, it is considered that at high cross-head speeds, the temperature approaches the adiabatic limit and does not exceed some value. However, in Figure 8, there is no asymptotic limit due to an increase in the drawing ratio, λ, and draw stress, σd, with the drawing velocity. In other words, the testing conditions are adiabatic, but the value of adiabatic limit increases with drawing rate.
Figure 8
Figure 8

The magnitude of the temperature in the transition zone,T, plotted against the cross-head speed,V. Temperature was calculated with Equation 4 for β = 51 W/(m2 K) and h = 170 μm. Parameters λ, σd, and α were taken from Figures 4, 5, and 6.

Distribution of temperature in the neck is described by an equation derived in the Appendix:
θ = ΔT exp V 2 λ 2 ρ 2 c 2 4 λ 1 2 χ 2 + 2 β h n + w χ h n w Vλρc 2 λ 1 χ x ,
where θ is the temperature rise in point x (−x is the distance from the heat generation plane, Figure 9).
Figure 9
Figure 9

Schematic illustrating changes in the character of PET drawing.

Figure 10 shows the profile of temperature rise in the neck, θ, measured with an IR camera at the drawing speed V = 100 mm/min (Toda et al. 2002). The temperature rise in coordinates of Equation 9 (i.e., ln θ − x) is described by a straight line. The slope of the straight line γ2 (Equation 25) is 190 m−1. Considering Equation 25, coefficient β is given by
Figure 10
Figure 10

The temperature rise in PET neck plotted against the distance from the yield plane, x. The drawing velocity V = 100 mm/min, h = 0.6 mm, and w = 10 mm (Toda et al. 2002).

β = χ h n w γ 2 2 w + h n γ 2 + V λρc λ 1 χ .

Equation 10 may be used to determine the heat transfer coefficient β if the slope of the straight line, γ2, was measured. Neglecting reduction of the sample width in the neck and assuming that the volume of polymer at drawing does not change, the film thickness in the neck hn = h1/λ. For γ2 = 190 m−1, V = 100 mm/min, and h1 = 0.6 mm, the value β = 51 Wt/(m2 K) was obtained. This value is close to β = 75 Wt/(m2 K) determined by measurement of temperature of carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy plate heated by electric current (Bazhenov and Kechekyan 2001). The size of the plate was 0.5 × 0.6 m.


The temperature rise at cold drawing of PET may be very high. Muller understood that the temperature rise, ∆T, in polymers at cold drawing may be significant [35]. The temperature rise for PVC was estimated from the first principles as 59°C, and the problem looked closed. However, for PET temperature rise, ∆T was calculated as 57°C (Toda 1994), while in experiments, substantially higher ∆T = T − T0 ≈ 100°C was recorded (Kechekyan et al. 1970). In addition, heating-induced fracture was observed at high drawing rates (Kechekyan et al. 1970). Melting of PET fibers near a fracture plane was observed (Hearle et al. 1998). This paper explains the mechanism of this unexpectedly high temperature rise in PET.

Usually, it is considered that temperature rise at high drawing rates approaches some adiabatic temperature limit. However, the adiabatic limit is not constant and increases with the drawing rate. The higher the drawing rate, the higher the temperature rise. The main reason for the increase of the temperature is an increase of the drawing ratio, λ, at high drawing rates.

The increase in the drawing ratio, λ, is explained by reaching the glass transition temperature. The onset of λ increase in Figure 3 is observed at V = 70 to 80 mm/min. According to Figure 7, the temperature at V = 70 to 80 mm/min is 80°С to 85°С, slightly higher than the glass transition temperature Tg of PET (≈75°С). At T > Tg, the polymer is a viscous liquid, and the drawing ratio in neck increases.

Usually, the fraction of work converted into heat, α = Q/А, is measured by calorimeter. However, Equation 1 may be used as an alternative method of α measurement or for checking the accuracy of calorimeter measurements. With this aim, temperature rise, ∆T, should be measured accurately. However, for light transparent polymers, industrially produced devices may give incorrect data. In this case, the special method described by Koenen must be used (Koenen 1994).

The neck of PET samples at drawing rates V < 100 mm/min is transparent. However, at higher drawing rates, the neck whitens due to appearance of several cavities. Figure 11a shows a SEM image of pores observed in the neck at high drawing rates. The pores are elongated in the drawing direction. Pores appear if the temperature in the transition zone is higher than the glass transition temperature Tg of PET. Cavitation is initiated in shear yield lines in front of the transition zone (Figure 11b).
Figure 11
Figure 11

SEM images of pores. (a) A SEM image of pores in PET neck appearing at a cross-head speed of 500 mm/min. The arrow shows the drawing direction. (b) Pores appearing in shear yield lines in front of the transition zone.

Figure 9 illustrates schematically the changes in the PET deformation conditions with an increase in the drawing rate. At low drawing rates (in region 1), the polymer temperature is close to the room temperature. In region 2, the temperature rises, but the polymer properties do not change significantly. Particularly, drawing ratio remains constant. When the temperature reaches the glass transition temperature Tg, the polymer becomes a viscous liquid and its properties change. Particularly, the drawing ratio increases. As a result, the adiabatic temperature increases. Finally, the thermal fracture is observed (region 4) (Kechekyan et al. 1970; Hearle et al. 1998).


  1. 1.

    The temperature in the PET neck reaches 140°С at a cross-head speed of 1,000 mm/min.

  2. 2.

    The theoretical value of temperature T = 159°С is close to the experimental value of 140°С.

  3. 3.

    The temperature of adiabatic temperature rise is calculated for different polymers.

  4. 4.

    Differential equation describing temperature in the neck is derived.

  5. 5.

    Equation describing temperature at non-adiabatic neck propagation is derived.

  6. 6.

    Drawing rate of the transitions from isothermal to adiabatic drawing conditions is determined.

  7. 7.

    High temperature rise in the PET neck is explained by low glass transition temperature Tg. When Tg is reached, the drawing ratio in the neck increases and pores appear. This leads to additional increase of neck temperature.

  8. 8.

    A new method of measurement of heat transfer coefficient from the neck temperature profile was developed.



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