Abstract
A computational approach is elucidated herein, whereby different shaped particles are packed computationally and joined together using a polymer binder addition algorithm. The effects of using different particle shapes and sizes were shown to have a significant impact on the global properties of the composites. Moreover, the distribution of binder around the particles is believed to have a critical saturation level. The models are to within one order of magnitude of experimental values. The computational method for ascertaining the global properties particle-polymer composites both novel and useful since the microstructure can be manipulated computationally to optimise the strength and stiffness properties of porous particulate composite materials.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Heterogeneous Material Mechanics (ICHMM-2008) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Heterogeneous Material Mechanics, June 3-8, 2008, Huangshan, China |
| Editors | J Fan, H Chen |
| Publisher | DEStech Publications Inc. |
| Pages | 17–20 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-932078-80-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | conference |
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| Period | 01/01/10 → … |
Keywords
- mechanics
- modelling
- particle
- polymer
- porous