THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE EFFECT OF ALUMINA PARTICLES REINFORCEMENT ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EPOXY | ||
| Iraqi journal of mechanical and material engineering | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 16-30 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muslim M. Ali; Sarmad I. Ibrahim; Dr. Ibtihal A. Mahmood; Jabbar H. mohmmed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This article describes some mechanical properties of alumina-filled epoxy composites. In this work, the epoxy matrix was reinforced with increasing amount of alumina particles in the range of 0-40% by weight with different particle size (d≤8, 18≤d≤25, 33≤d≤45, 50≤d≤62)µm. From the flexural test results, it was observed that the flexural modulus increases with increasing α-alumina content from 10 to 40 wt%. At the same time, the results indicated that there are no much effect on the flexural modulus with change the particle size in the range of (d≤8, 18≤d≤25)µm. The highest value of flexural modulus was recorded with 40 wt% of α-alumina content and (d≤8)µm particle size. It was also found that the 40 wt% alumina content and (d≤8)µm particle size recorded the highest value of fracture toughness (Gc), fracture toughness (Kc), hardness (HB), and wear resistance which were improved by (253%, 282%, 230%, and 82%), respectively. Also, in this work a mathematical modeling is implemented and regression equations are obtained by using ( SPSS ) software to predict the properties of alumina filled epoxy composites. Comparing the predicted and measured values gives high prediction accuracy. The accuracy of prediction has been (90.13%, 85.95%, 90.28%, 89.76%, and 84.36%) for flexural modulus, toughness, fracture toughness, hardness, and wear rate respectively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| alumina filled composites; Epoxy resin; flexural modulus; SPSS software | ||
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