TY - GEN
T1 - Compressive properties of post cured talc / fiber glass filled epoxy composites
AU - Lateju, Omotinuola S.
AU - Onitiri, Modupe A.
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The inclusion of fillers in conventional materials has been found to have significant effect on the various properties of the parent materials. In this present work, epoxy composite was fabricated using talc and fiber glass as fillers varying the particle size and loading while the composites were then post cured at temperatures of 50°C, 75°C, 100°C, 125°C and 150°C. The compressive behavior of the composites was then quantified by conducting compression tests in a controlled environment using specimens of simple geometry. It was discovered that compressive property increased with increase in post cure temperature and particle size and a decrease with increase in filler content.
AB - The inclusion of fillers in conventional materials has been found to have significant effect on the various properties of the parent materials. In this present work, epoxy composite was fabricated using talc and fiber glass as fillers varying the particle size and loading while the composites were then post cured at temperatures of 50°C, 75°C, 100°C, 125°C and 150°C. The compressive behavior of the composites was then quantified by conducting compression tests in a controlled environment using specimens of simple geometry. It was discovered that compressive property increased with increase in post cure temperature and particle size and a decrease with increase in filler content.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040907287&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2017-71448
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2017-71448
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85040907287
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Emerging Technologies; Materials
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017
Y2 - 3 November 2017 through 9 November 2017
ER -