Structural, thermal, mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of cenosphere filled polypropylene composites

X‐Ray Microtomographic Characterization and Quantification of the Strain Rate Dependent Failure Mechanism in Cenosphere Epoxy Syntactic Foams

“…[10,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Dynamic properties of syntactic foams are affected by the geometry and volume fraction of hollow microspheres. [13][14][15][16] The treatment of hollow microspheres can improve their interfacial adhesion to the epoxy matrix and thus the impact properties of the bulk foam, especially the strength. [10] Pellegrino et al reported the glass microballoon polyurethane syntactic foam possesses higher strain rate sensitivity in tension compared to compression.…”

Kinetic and structural interpretations of post-yield crack resistance behavior of polyamide-6/polyolefin-g-maleic anhydride blends

“…However, the peak at 2h *30°(peak e) becomes less intense with the increase in the soft minor phase. Such observations apparently imply the tendency of the characteristic crystalline phases of the two phases to be more disorganized in a blend system causing a reduction in the intensity levels [20,21]. The crystallinity of the various blends and that of the virgin components was determined by area (based on approximation of crystalline and amorphous area) integration technique.…”

Effect of nanostructured fly ash on mechanical, dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of PP/ABS blends

“…where E c and E m are the tensile modulus of composite and matrix, respectively, V f is the filler volume fraction and ν m is the poisons ratio and can be assumed as 0.35 [4]. The ductility index (DI), which is the ratio between the deflection or absorbed energy at failure and yielding [17,18] and used to understand the ductile behavior of composite systems, is defined as follows:…”

“…As the CaCO 3 and talc are already being used as mineral fillers for polymer composites, the use of FA can be a replacement of these mineral fillers which are available commercially. Literatures showing that tremendous work have been done toward the effective utilization of FA as a replacement of mineral fillers [3,4]. Being an industrial by-product, FA needs to be processed before using as filler material.…”