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ArticleHeliyon2020

Multiscale analysis and experimental validation of the effective elastic modulus of epoxy-dioctahedral phyllosilicate clay composite.

O O Daramola, J L Olajide, A A Adediran, B O Adewuyi, T T Ayodele, D A Desai, E R Sadiku

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

O O DaramolaDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria.
J L OlajideDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
A A AdediranMechanical Engineering Department, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria.
B O AdewuyiDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria.
T T AyodeleDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria.
D A DesaiDepartment of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
E R SadikuInstitute of NanoEngineering Research (INER) and the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
Federal University of Technology · NGTshwane University of Technology · ZALandmark University · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this research, developed finite element codes were used to study the effective elastic modulus and stress-strain distribution profiles of epoxy resin filled with 6 wt. % microparticles of kaolinite. The random distribution of the particles was microstructurally regenerated with Digimat MSC software and random sequential algorithm codes in epoxy matrix. Stochastic representative volume element models of the composites were developed and analyzed under periodic boundary conditions. For validation, the predicted result by finite element analysis was compared with that of Mori-Tanaka's mean field homogenization scheme, selected micromechanical models and experiment. All the results indicated that 6 wt. % of kaolinite microparticles can improve the elastic modulus and load-bearing capacity of epoxy resin with <5 % error between predicted and actual results. The microstructure, phase identification and chemical characterization of the composite were also studied with scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction spectroscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, respectively. In addition, the particle size and distribution of the kaolinite in the epoxy matrix were experimentally investigated.

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Epoxy resinFinite element modelingKaolinite inclusionLayered silicate mineralMaterials sciencePolymer composites

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PMID32548316
PMCPMC7286974
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