Mechanical properties of low density glass microballoon/vinyl ester syntactic foam for marine application
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Paper/Presentation Title | Mechanical properties of low density glass microballoon/vinyl ester syntactic foam for marine application |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Salleh, Zulzamri (Author), Islam, Md Mainul (Author) and Epaarachchi, Jayantha Ananda (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 12th Composites Australia and CRC ACS 2015 Composites Conference |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2015 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.compositesconference.com.au/past-conferences/2015-composites-conference/ |
Conference/Event | 12th Composites Australia and CRC-ACS Conference 2015: Game On! Winning with Composites |
Event Details | 12th Composites Australia and CRC-ACS Conference 2015: Game On! Winning with Composites Event Date 21 to end of 23 Apr 2015 Event Location Gold Coast, Australia |
Abstract | Light weight material and suitable mechanical properties hold promise for the development of structures for marine application. Syntactic foam is a composite material which exhibits all these characteristics shows potential. Its capabilities need to be investigated. In this paper, mechanical properties such as compression behaviour of glass microballoon/vinyl ester syntactic foams give good results as discussed. Generally, based on the compression results for different weight percentages (wt.%) of glass micro-balloons starting from neat resin, 5.0 – 25.0 wt.% shows that the strength values are varied when microballoon contents are increased. The different modes of fracture also show the different crack behaviours for all specimens while the performance of syntactic foams reduces with increasing of glass microballoon contents. Hence, all these results need to have further investigation and also discussion, particularly for low density syntactic foams used in marine application. |
Keywords | syntactic foam; glass microballoon; composite |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401602. Composite and hybrid materials |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q310y/mechanical-properties-of-low-density-glass-microballoon-vinyl-ester-syntactic-foam-for-marine-application
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