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Mechanical Behavior of Particulate Aluminium‐Epoxy Hybrid Foams Based on Cold‐Setting Polymers
Author(s) -
Weise Jörg,
Queiroz Barbosa André Felipe,
Yezerska Olga,
Lehmhus Dirk,
Baumeister Joachim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201700090
Subject(s) - materials science , epoxy , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , polymer , aluminium , syntactic foam , metal foam , stiffness
New types of hybrid foams with cold‐setting polymer foam matrix have been developed. These are based on AlSi10 foam granules and a cold‐setting epoxy polymer foam phase. The mechanical characteristics of the hybrid foams like stiffness, compressive, and tensile strength were determined using quasi‐static compression and tensile tests. Their overall mechanical behavior is compared to APM‐(Advanced Pore Morphology)‐based hybrid foams comprising similar aluminium foam granules in combination with single component hot setting epoxy foams. While the latter generally outperform the cold‐setting variants at their present state of development, the ease of manufacturing in conjunction with promising levels of strength, and stiffness will support future application of the new material.