Effects of composition on the mechanical response of alumina-filled epoxy.

Montgomery, Stephen Tedford

关键词: COMPOSITE MATERIALS;    COMPRESSION;    DEFORMATION;    ELASTICITY;    HYDROSTATICS;    MICROSTRUCTURE;    MORPHOLOGY;    STRAINS;    STRESSES Epoxy compounds.;    Isotropic materials.;   

DOI  :  10.2172/974404
RP-ID  :  SAND2009-6399
PID  :  OSTI ID: 974404
Others  :  TRN: US201009%%69

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The effect of composition on the elastic responses of alumina particle-filled epoxy composites is examined using isotropic elastic response models relating the average stresses and strains in a discretely reinforced composite material consisting of perfectly bonded and uniformly distributed particles in a solid isotropic elastic matrix. Responses for small elastic deformations and large hydrostatic and plane-strain compressions are considered. The response model for small elastic deformations depends on known elastic properties of the matrix and particles, the volume fraction of the particles, and two additional material properties that reflect the composition and microstructure of the composite material. These two material properties, called strain concentration coefficients, are characterized for eleven alumina-filled epoxy composites. It is found that while the strain concentration coefficients depend strongly on the volume fraction of alumina particles, no significant dependence on particle morphology and size is observed for the compositions examined. Additionally, an analysis of the strain concentration coefficients reveals a remarkably simple dependency on the alumina volume fraction. Responses for large hydrostatic and plane-strain compressions are obtained by generalizing the equations developed for small deformation, and letting the alumina volume fraction in the composite increase with compression. The large compression plane-strain response model is shown to predict equilibrium Hugoniot states in alumina-filled epoxy compositions remarkably well.