Open AccessExperimental investigation of mechanical behavior of agglomerated cork
Author(s) -
Saadallah Younès,
Zemour Iqbal,
Boulemnakher Faris
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
material design & processing communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2577-6576
DOI - 10.1002/mdp2.123
Subject(s) - cork , materials science , isotropy , tangent modulus , composite material , tangent , modulus , young's modulus , compression (physics) , stress–strain curve , bilinear interpolation , elastic modulus , mathematics , geometry , deformation (meteorology) , physics , optics , statistics
Abstract The present work consists of an experimental study of the mechanical properties of agglomerated cork in compression. Being an isotropic material, uniaxial compression tests were conducted on cubic samples of 20‐mm side. The stress‐strain curves show an almost bilinear behavior with three parameters. The Young's modulus, the elastic limit, and the tangent modulus were directly identified from the curves. The density has a remarkable influence on the mechanical behavior in such a way that its increase increases the three parameters.