{"title":"Viscoelastic behaviour and modelling of nano and micro TiO2 powder-epoxy resin composites","authors":"G.C. Papanicolaou, L.C Kontaxis, A.E. Manara","doi":"10.1016/j.ctmat.2016.02.005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Epoxy resin composites reinforced with different weight fractions of TiO<sub>2</sub> micro-particles 0.2<!--> <!-->μm in size (1%, 5%, 10%, 15%wt) and of TiO<sub>2</sub> nano-particles 21<!--> <!-->nm in size (0.5%, 1%, 3%wt) were manufactured. The quasi-static mechanical properties of both nano-composites and micro-composites were investigated and compared through tensile testing. The experimental results were predicted and the degree of matrix-particle adhesion and particle dispersion were evaluated, by the Property Prediction Model (PPM) developed by the first author. The composites were also subjected to creep-recovery tests as well as to relaxation tests in order to investigate their viscoelastic behaviour. The experiments were carried out at different filler-weight fractions and loading conditions. Non-linear viscoelastic behaviour was observed in all cases and appropriate models were applied in order to describe, and/or predict the viscoelastic behaviour of all materials tested. A fair agreement between experimental results and theoretical predictions was observed for both viscoelastic and static results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10198,"journal":{"name":"Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ctmat.2016.02.005","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870831217300095","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Epoxy resin composites reinforced with different weight fractions of TiO2 micro-particles 0.2 μm in size (1%, 5%, 10%, 15%wt) and of TiO2 nano-particles 21 nm in size (0.5%, 1%, 3%wt) were manufactured. The quasi-static mechanical properties of both nano-composites and micro-composites were investigated and compared through tensile testing. The experimental results were predicted and the degree of matrix-particle adhesion and particle dispersion were evaluated, by the Property Prediction Model (PPM) developed by the first author. The composites were also subjected to creep-recovery tests as well as to relaxation tests in order to investigate their viscoelastic behaviour. The experiments were carried out at different filler-weight fractions and loading conditions. Non-linear viscoelastic behaviour was observed in all cases and appropriate models were applied in order to describe, and/or predict the viscoelastic behaviour of all materials tested. A fair agreement between experimental results and theoretical predictions was observed for both viscoelastic and static results.