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Reinforcement of syntactic foam with SiC nanoparticles
| Title: | Reinforcement of syntactic foam with SiC nanoparticles. |
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| Name(s): |
Das, Debdutta. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 - | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xii, 65 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | In this investigation, polymer precursor of syntactic foam has been reinforced with SiC nanoparticles to enhance mechanical and fracture properties. Derakane 8084 vinyl ester resin was first dispersed with 1.0 wt% of SiC particles using a sonic cavitation technique. In the next step, 30.0 wt% of microspheres (3M hollow glass borosilicate, S-series) were mechanically mixed with the nanophased vinyl ester resin, and cast into rectangular molds. A small amount of styrene was used as dilutant to facilitate mixing of microspheres. The size of microspheres and SiC nanoparticles were 20-30 um and 30-50 nm, respectively. Tension, compression, and flexure tests were conducted following ASTM standards and a consistent improvement in strength and modulus within 20-35% range was observed. Fracture toughness parameters such as KIC and GIC were also determined using ASTM E-399. An improvement of about 11-15% was observed. Samples were also subjected to various environmental conditions and degradation in material properties is reported. | |
| Identifier: | 477209832 (oclc), 359923 (digitool), FADT359923 (IID), fau:4234 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Debdutta Das. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Composite materials -- Design Polyurethanes -- Mechanical properties Epoxy resins Nanostructured materials |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359923 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
