Tensile tests of phenol formaldehyde glass-powder-reinforced composites: pilot study
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Article Title | Tensile tests of phenol formaldehyde glass-powder-reinforced composites: pilot study |
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ERA Journal ID | 1671 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ku, H. (Author), Trada, M. (Author), Cecil, T. (Author) and Wong, P. (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
Journal Citation | 116 (1), pp. 10-17 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | Hoboken, NJ. USA |
ISSN | 0021-8995 |
1097-4628 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/app.31424 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.31424/pdf |
Abstract | Phenol formaldehyde was filled with glass powder (GP) to optimize the strength and impact toughness of the composite for structural applications by a research center at the University of Southern Queensland. To reduce costs, the center wished to fill as much of the glass microspheres as possible to maintain sufficient strength and impact toughness in the composites in structural applications. In this project, we varied the weight percentages of the GP in the composites, which were then subjected to tensile tests. The best weight percentage of GP that could be added to the phenolic resin to give the optimum yield, tensile strengths, Young's modulus, and cost was found to be about 10%. The contribution of this study was the finding that if the tensile properties are the most important factors to be considered in the applications of the composites, GP is not a suitable filler. |
Keywords | composites; mechanical properties; resins; glass microspheres; glass powder; impact toughness; optimum yield; phenol formaldehyde; pilot studies; reinforced composites; structural applications; tensile tests; weight percentages; Young's Modulus |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400505. Construction materials |
400510. Structural engineering | |
401602. Composite and hybrid materials | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | |
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0y33/tensile-tests-of-phenol-formaldehyde-glass-powder-reinforced-composites-pilot-study
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