[HTML][HTML] Comparison of tensile and compressive characteristics of vinyl ester/glass microballoon syntactic foams

N Gupta, R Ye, M Porfiri - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study is focused on the synthesis and characterization of vinyl ester/glass
microballoon syntactic foams. Tensile and compressive properties of vinyl ester matrix …

Quasi-static uni-axial compression behaviour of hollow glass microspheres/epoxy based syntactic foams

C Swetha, R Kumar - Materials & Design, 2011 - Elsevier
Hollow glass microspheres/epoxy foams of different densities were prepared by stir casting
process in order to investigate their mechanical properties. The effect of hollow spheres …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic behaviour and failure mechanism in epoxy syntactic foams: The effect of glass microballoon volume fractions

R Huang, P Li - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
A representative elementary volume (REV) in epoxy syntactic foams was generated to
incorporate randomly distributed glass microballoons that followed a log-normal size …

Thermosetting polymer based syntactic foams: an overview

B John, CPR Nair - Handbook of thermoset plastics, 2022 - Elsevier
Syntactic foams are particulate-filled composite materials consisting of hollow microspheres
dispersed in a matrix. The matrix used in syntactic foams can be polymer, metal, or ceramic …

Influence of a batch of hollow glass microspheres with different strength grades on the compression strength of syntactic foam

P Wang, S Zhong, K Yan, B Liao, J Zhang - Composites Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, syntactic foam filled with hollow glass microspheres (HGM) has been widely
used in aeronautical and marine structural applications. In order to obtain a lightweight and …

Effect of nanoclay on the mechanical, dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of cyanate ester syntactic foams

B John, CPR Nair, KN Ninan - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2010 - Elsevier
Nanoclay reinforced, cyanate ester-based syntactic foams with varying nanoclay loadings
were processed and evaluated for mechanical, dynamic mechanical and thermal properties …

Mechanical and wear properties of epoxy matrix composite reinforced with varying ratios of solid glass microspheres

S Bhatia, S Angra, S Khan - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This research work is carried out to study the mechanical and wear behaviour of inorganic
particle filled polymers. Epoxy matrix filled with varying ratios of Solid glass microspheres …

Quasi-static and high strain rate compressive response of injection-molded cenosphere/HDPE syntactic foam

BR Bharath Kumar, AK Singh, M Doddamani… - JOM, 2016 - Springer
High strain rate compressive properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix syntactic
foams containing cenosphere filler are investigated. Thermoplastic matrix syntactic foams …

Thermoanalytical characterization of epoxy matrix-glass microballoon syntactic foams

TC Lin, N Gupta, A Talalayev - Journal of Materials Science, 2009 - Springer
Syntactic foams are finding new applications where their thermal stability and high
temperature response are important. Therefore, the high temperature response of these …

Strain rate dependence of damage evolution in syntactic foams

VC Shunmugasamy, N Gupta, NQ Nguyen… - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study focused on determining the effect of high strain rate loading on the
deformation and fracture characteristics of syntactic foams and relating them with the initial …