Dynamic Rheological Behavior for Polymer Composites Filled with Particles

Thermal Conductivity of Polymer Composites Filled with Nanofillers

Polymer nanocomposites are composed of polymer materials reinforced with nano fillers.In the present study the effective thermal conductivity of the composites filled with nanofillers has been investigated using commercially available finite element software ABAQUS 6.11. The nanofillers used were alumina particles and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and the matrix was considered to be mad...

Effective thermal conductivity of metal filled polymer composites

Theoretical model for predicting effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of metal filled polymer composites has been developed. The concept of averaging the temperature field within different phases has been used. Resistor model has been applied to determine ETC of polymer composites. A parameter estimation technique has been applied to determine the inclination angle θ. An effort has been made to...

Design sensitivity analysis for the homogenized elasticity tensor of a polymer filled with rubber particles

The main purpose of this work is the computational simulation of the sensitivity coefficients of the homogenized tensor for a polymer filled with rubber particles with respect to the material parameters of the constituents. The Representative Volume Element (RVE) of this composite contains a single spherical particle, and the composite components are treated as homogeneous isotropic media, resu...

Simulation of the Dynamic Behavior of the Magneto-rheological Engine Mount for Automotive Applications

Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Ultra-fine Cellulose-Filled Thermoplastic Epoxy Composites

Thermoplastic epoxy resin (TPER)-based composites containing different amounts of ultra-fine cellulose (UFC) were prepared via melt compounding and injection molding. The effect of UFC loading on the mechanical properties and dynamic rheological behavior of the UFC-filled TPER composites was analyzed. The UFC-filled composites displayed higher complex viscosities than those of the neat TPER com...