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The elastic constants of a particulate‐filled glassy polymer: Comparison of experimental values with theoretical predictions
Author(s) -
Smith Jack C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760160603
Subject(s) - materials science , thermodynamics , filler (materials) , particulates , constant (computer programming) , composite number , polymer , matrix (chemical analysis) , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer science , composite material , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , programming language , computer science
Calculation of the elastic constants of a participate composite material in terms of the elastic constants of the filler and the matrix is discussed. The theories of Kerner or Hashin and Shtrikman, the equivalent theories of Budiansky and Hill, and a generalized van der Poel type theory are presented and discussed. Data from several sources are compared with the predictions of these theories. The van der Poel theory provides the best agreement and gives good values for volume fractions of filler up to 0.35.