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The elastic moduli of particulate‐filled polymers
Author(s) -
Theocaris P. S.,
Sideridis E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1984.070291006
Subject(s) - composite material , viscoelasticity , isotropy , materials science , elastic modulus , moduli , elasticity (physics) , composite number , volume fraction , epoxy , linear elasticity , particulates , dynamic modulus , micromechanics , polymer , dynamic mechanical analysis , thermodynamics , physics , chemistry , finite element method , optics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
The static and dynamic elastic moduli of particulate composites, consisting of two phases, one of which has isotropic–elastic and the other linear viscoelastic properties, were studied. For this purpose a model defining the approximate equations for determining the elastic modulus of a composite from the properties of the constituent materials was used. Classical theory of elasticity was applied to this simplified model of a composite‐unit cell. The following assumptions are made: (i) filler particles are spherical; (ii) fillers are completely dispersed; and (iii) the volume fraction of fillers is sufficiently small, so that any interaction among fillers may be neglected. A class of iron‐filled epoxy composites was subjected to tests in order to compare the theoretical values with the experimental results. The elastic modulus calculated by the expression derived in this study seems to corroborate with the experimental results fairly well. Finally, by applying the correspondence principle to this expression, theoretical relationships for the dynamic storage and loss moduli were also derived.