Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams
Syntactic foam is a lightweight and strong material which can be used in marine and aeronautical applications. However, the brittleness of the material limits its application to a broader range. Adding crumb rubber to the syntactic foam can increase its energy absorption capacity. The effect of crum...
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| description | Syntactic foam is a lightweight and strong material which can be used in marine and aeronautical applications. However, the brittleness of the material limits its application to a broader range. Adding crumb rubber to the syntactic foam can increase its energy absorption capacity. The effect of crumb rubber on the fracture toughness and energy absorption capacity of 2-phase and 3-phase syntactic foam is evaluated under both static and impact loads. The experimental results have shown that the fracture toughness of the 2-phase rubberized syntactic foam increased by 8% while an increase of 22% of its fracture energy was observed. Under quasi-static loads, the 3-phase rubberized syntactic foam showed decreases in the compressive strength and elastic modulus but an increase in the energy absorption capacity as compared to the syntactic foam without crumb rubber. In addition, the impact energy absorption of the 3-phase rubberized syntactic foam increased by 24% as compared to that of the 3-phase syntactic foam without crumb rubber. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-673782022-10-06T03:49:32Z Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams Pham, Thong Kingston, J. Strickland, G. Chen, Wensu Hao, H. Syntactic foam is a lightweight and strong material which can be used in marine and aeronautical applications. However, the brittleness of the material limits its application to a broader range. Adding crumb rubber to the syntactic foam can increase its energy absorption capacity. The effect of crumb rubber on the fracture toughness and energy absorption capacity of 2-phase and 3-phase syntactic foam is evaluated under both static and impact loads. The experimental results have shown that the fracture toughness of the 2-phase rubberized syntactic foam increased by 8% while an increase of 22% of its fracture energy was observed. Under quasi-static loads, the 3-phase rubberized syntactic foam showed decreases in the compressive strength and elastic modulus but an increase in the energy absorption capacity as compared to the syntactic foam without crumb rubber. In addition, the impact energy absorption of the 3-phase rubberized syntactic foam increased by 24% as compared to that of the 3-phase syntactic foam without crumb rubber. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67378 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.12.033 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE160101116 Elsevier Ltd fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Pham, Thong Kingston, J. Strickland, G. Chen, Wensu Hao, H. Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title | Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title_full | Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title_fullStr | Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title_short | Effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| title_sort | effect of crumb rubber on mechanical properties of multi-phase syntactic foams |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE160101116 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67378 |