<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Specific manufacturing technologies were applied for the fabrication of epoxy-based nanocomposites with silica nanoparticles. For dispersing the fillers in the epoxy resin special equipment such as a shear mixer and a high energy sonicator with temperature control were used. Both functionalized and unfunctionalized silica nanoparticles were added in three epoxy resins. The considered filling fraction was in most cases 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 wt%.. The obtained nanocomposites were subjected to monotonic uniaxial and creep loading at room temperature. The static mechanical properties were not significantly improved regardless the filler percentage and type of epoxy resin. Under creep loading, by increasing the stress level, the nanocomposite with 0.1 wt% silica creeps less than all other materials. Also the creep rate is reduced by adding silica nanofillers.</p></abstract>

Specific manufacturing technologies were applied for the fabrication of epoxy-based nanocomposites with silica nanoparticles. For dispersing the fillers in the epoxy resin special equipment such as a shear mixer and a high energy sonicator with temperature control were used. Both functionalized and unfunctionalized silica nanoparticles were added in three epoxy resins. The considered filling fraction was in most cases 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 wt%.. The obtained nanocomposites were subjected to monotonic uniaxial and creep loading at room temperature. The static mechanical properties were not significantly improved regardless the filler percentage and type of epoxy resin. Under creep loading, by increasing the stress level, the nanocomposite with 0.1 wt% silica creeps less than all other materials. Also the creep rate is reduced by adding silica nanofillers.

Behaviour of Epoxy Silica Nanocomposites Under Static and Creep Loading

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Specific manufacturing technologies were applied for the fabrication of epoxy-based nanocomposites with silica nanoparticles. For dispersing the fillers in the...

Behaviour of Epoxy Silica Nanocomposites Under Static and Creep Loading

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2018

Seitenbereich: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2017-0001

Schlüsselwörter
silica nanocomposites, dispersion of nanoparticles, static and creep testing

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Behaviour of Epoxy Silica Nanocomposites Under Static and Creep Loading

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2018

Seitenbereich: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2017-0001

Schlüsselwörtersilica nanocomposites, dispersion of nanoparticles, static and creep testing

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
silica nanocomposites, dispersion of nanoparticles, static and creep testing