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Predicting elastic modulus of particle filled composites

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

A multi-particle unit cell model of PMMA/ATH composite with different volume fractions was employed to study the influence of interphase properties and inter-particle distance on elastic modulus. The model constitutes amorphous polymer matrix, rigid fillers and interphase between filler and matrix. Polymer matrix was modelled using a thermodynamically consistent dual-mechanism viscoplastic model, whereas fillers were assumed as linear elastic. In numerical simulations, the interphase between filler and matrix was modelled through a user defined interphase model and matrix material was modelled through a user defined material model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)100-108
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity
Volume7
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

  • alumina trihydrate
  • ATH
  • elastic modulus
  • interparticle distance
  • interphase properties
  • matrix materials
  • numerical simulation
  • particle debonding
  • particle filled composites
  • PMMA
  • poly methyl methacrylate
  • rigid fillers
  • unit cell model
  • viscoplastic modelling
  • viscoplasticity

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