Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2011 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7276 |
Resumo: | In this experimental study two different types of composite materials were prepared and their mechanical behavior was investigated. The first group consists of porous material made from sintering a mixture of micron size glass and metal spheres. Though the porous compacts made from glass microspheres have been already investigated, the main aim of the present work is to study the effect of varying the proportion of the metal spheres on the mechanical strength of the final sintered porous material. The results presented herein show that mixing metal microspheres always results in diminishing of the fracture strength of the final material and the decrease is first proportional to the volume ratio but after a certain percentage the material becomes very week; a provisional explanation is suggested. The fracture path and surface in disc type specimen broken under a flexural stress were also studied by optical microscopy. The second composite material studied consists of hollow metal spheres embedded in a polymer matrix; the general aim is to prepare lightweight armour for energy absorption under impact. Composites were made by mixing the millimeter size hollow aluminum spheres in a two-part epoxy and subsequent thermal curing of the mixture. The tests on the cured samples showed that they generally had many voids and the strength was low. An improved procedure was devised that led to considerable reduction of voids and consequently an improvement in the strength. |
id |
RCAP_8fef9d2253a9341474b5c1fc655d49ba |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/7276 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materialsEngenharia de materiaisMateriais compósitos - Propriedades mecânicasEspumas (Materiais)Resistência à fracturaIn this experimental study two different types of composite materials were prepared and their mechanical behavior was investigated. The first group consists of porous material made from sintering a mixture of micron size glass and metal spheres. Though the porous compacts made from glass microspheres have been already investigated, the main aim of the present work is to study the effect of varying the proportion of the metal spheres on the mechanical strength of the final sintered porous material. The results presented herein show that mixing metal microspheres always results in diminishing of the fracture strength of the final material and the decrease is first proportional to the volume ratio but after a certain percentage the material becomes very week; a provisional explanation is suggested. The fracture path and surface in disc type specimen broken under a flexural stress were also studied by optical microscopy. The second composite material studied consists of hollow metal spheres embedded in a polymer matrix; the general aim is to prepare lightweight armour for energy absorption under impact. Composites were made by mixing the millimeter size hollow aluminum spheres in a two-part epoxy and subsequent thermal curing of the mixture. The tests on the cured samples showed that they generally had many voids and the strength was low. An improved procedure was devised that led to considerable reduction of voids and consequently an improvement in the strength.No trabalho aqui apresentado foram estudados dois tipos de materiais compósitos. O primeiro grupo de materiais consiste em materiais porosos obtidos a partir de sinterização de uma mistura de microesferas metálicas com microesferas de vidro. As propriedades dos materiais porosos preparados com apenas microsferas de vidro já foram estudadas; o estudo aqui descrito tem como objectivo investigar a influencia de misturar microesferas metálicas nas propriedades mecânicas do produto final. Os resultados indicam que as microesferas metálicas diminuem a resistência do material e essa diminuição é dependente da concentração de esferas metálicas; após certa concentração a diminuição é acentuada. Propõe-se uma explicação provisória. Também foi estudada a morfologia de fractura utilizando a técnica de microscopia óptica. O segundo grupo de materiais foi preparado a partir de esferas ocas metálicas e uma resina. O objectivo final é preparar um material leve mas resistente a impactos. Foram preparados materiais compósitos utilizando a técnica convencional que resultou em amostras com lacunas. A nova técnica aqui apresentada diminui consideravelmente este problema e os compósitos preparados com esta técnica tem quase dobro de resistência mecânica.Universidade de Aveiro2012-03-15T09:29:54Z2011-01-01T00:00:00Z2011info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10773/7276engRajkumar, Ananthinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-22T11:12:33Zoai:ria.ua.pt:10773/7276Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:45:00.158473Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
title |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
spellingShingle |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials Rajkumar, Ananth Engenharia de materiais Materiais compósitos - Propriedades mecânicas Espumas (Materiais) Resistência à fractura |
title_short |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
title_full |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
title_fullStr |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
title_full_unstemmed |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
title_sort |
Mechanical properties of microsphere based composite materials |
author |
Rajkumar, Ananth |
author_facet |
Rajkumar, Ananth |
author_role |
author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Rajkumar, Ananth |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Engenharia de materiais Materiais compósitos - Propriedades mecânicas Espumas (Materiais) Resistência à fractura |
topic |
Engenharia de materiais Materiais compósitos - Propriedades mecânicas Espumas (Materiais) Resistência à fractura |
description |
In this experimental study two different types of composite materials were prepared and their mechanical behavior was investigated. The first group consists of porous material made from sintering a mixture of micron size glass and metal spheres. Though the porous compacts made from glass microspheres have been already investigated, the main aim of the present work is to study the effect of varying the proportion of the metal spheres on the mechanical strength of the final sintered porous material. The results presented herein show that mixing metal microspheres always results in diminishing of the fracture strength of the final material and the decrease is first proportional to the volume ratio but after a certain percentage the material becomes very week; a provisional explanation is suggested. The fracture path and surface in disc type specimen broken under a flexural stress were also studied by optical microscopy. The second composite material studied consists of hollow metal spheres embedded in a polymer matrix; the general aim is to prepare lightweight armour for energy absorption under impact. Composites were made by mixing the millimeter size hollow aluminum spheres in a two-part epoxy and subsequent thermal curing of the mixture. The tests on the cured samples showed that they generally had many voids and the strength was low. An improved procedure was devised that led to considerable reduction of voids and consequently an improvement in the strength. |
publishDate |
2011 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011 2012-03-15T09:29:54Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
format |
masterThesis |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7276 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7276 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Universidade de Aveiro |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Universidade de Aveiro |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799137502341103616 |