Shear modulus prediction of a particulate composite reinforced with hollow spheres surrounded by a graded interphase
| Autor: | Roberta Sburlati, Roberto Cianci |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Particle reinforced composites
Materials science Isotropy Composite number Elastic solution 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Power law Physics::Fluid Dynamics Shear modulus 020303 mechanical engineering & transports Hollow spherical inclusions Interphase effects 0203 mechanical engineering Shear (geology) Ceramics and Composites Particle reinforced composites Elastic solution Hollow spherical inclusions Interphase effects Interphase SPHERES Boundary value problem Composite material 0210 nano-technology Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Popis: | The aim of this paper is to understand how the shear modulus of a particulate composite, manufactured with hollow spheres surrounded by a graded interphase in a matrix, depends on the properties of the interphase zone and the inclusion wall. Considering composites with small volume fractions of the hollow inclusions and assuming isotropic phases with a radial power law behavior for the shear modulus in the inhomogeneous interphase, the boundary value problems used to determine shear modulus bounds with the Composite Sphere Assemblage method, are studied. Adopting Hashin’s approach, the shear elastic bound expressions are analytically obtained, numerically investigated and compared with results present in literature. Parametric analysis allows us to highlight the effects of a soft or stiff interphase and shows that the shear bounds are close to each other for inclusions with thin wall thickness thereby leading in some cases to a unique prediction value for the shear modulus. To this end, an analytical expression supplying the thickness of the inclusion wall that gives rise to a match of the two shear modulus bounds for assigned phase property ratio and volumetric fraction is presented. |
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