Vinyl EsterGlass Hollow Particle Composites: Dynamic Mechanical Properties at High Inclusion Volume Fraction

19.12.14, 3:07

Vinyl EsterGlass Hollow Particle Composites: Dynamic

Mechanical Properties at High Inclusion Volume
Fraction
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New
York, University Six MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA,
mporfiri{at}poly.edu

Abstract
This study entails the analysis of dynamic mechanical properties of hollow particle
filled composites, called syntactic foams. A theoretical model is developed to predict
the dynamic mechanical behavior of composite materials containing particle volume
fraction up to the packing limit. The modeling approach is based on a differential
scheme that extrapolates the properties of infinitely dilute dispersions of hollow
particles (microballoons) to high inclusion volume fraction. The model is capable of
predicting storage modulus and loss tangent in a wide frequency band of mechanical
vibrations. Theoretical predictions are validated with experimental results on 16
compositions of vinyl esterglass microballoon syntactic foams. Vibration methods
are used to assess the dependence of dynamic mechanical properties of syntactic
foams on microballoon wall thickness and volume fraction. Theoretical predictions
are in close agreement with experimental findings over a wide range of vibration
frequencies. Results show that loss tangent generally decreases as the inclusion
volume fraction increases and is almost unaffected by microballoon wall thickness
and that storage modulus increases with increasing microballoon wall thickness.
Therefore, the loss tangent and the storage modulus can be tailored by means of
microballoon volume fraction and wall thickness.

http://jcm.sagepub.com/content/43/5/561.abstract

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