Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Elastic Properties of a Polymer/Silicate Composite with Platelike Multilayer Filler Particles

  • Published:
Mechanics of Composite Materials Aims and scope

A variant of stepwise calculations of the elastic constants of a composite containing platelike multilayer filler particles is presented. First, the effective characteristics of unexfoliated particles in the form of multilayer stacks with interlaminar galleries enlarged as a result of intercalation of polymer are determined. Then, the independent elastic constants of the transversely isotropic representative structural elements of a composite in which multilayer particles are located strictly coplanarly, i.e., parallel to each other, are calculated. Finally, the elastic constants of a composite with randomly oriented particles are obtained by using the method of orientational averaging. Data on the influence of the number of monolayers in the unexfoliated silicate filler particles on their reinforcing efficiency are reported and discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. M. Alexandre and Ph. Dubois, “Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: preparation, properties and uses of a new class of materials,” Mater. Sci. Eng., 28, 1-63 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. X. Liu and Q. Wu, “PP/clay nanocomposites prepared by grafting-melt intercalation,” Polymer, 42, 10013-10019 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. J.-H. Chang and Y. Ukan, “Nanocomposites of polyurethane with various organoclays: thermomechanical properties, morphology, and gas permeability,” J. Polym. Sci. Pt B: Polymer Physics, 40, 670-677 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. S.-Y. Moon, J.-K. Kim, C. Nah, and Y.-S. Lee, “Polyurethane/montmorillonite nanocomposites prepared from crystalline polyols, using 1,4-dutanediol and organoclay hybrid as chain extenders,” Europ. Polym. J., 40, 1615-1621 (2004).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. R. D. Maksimov, S. Gaidukovs, M. Kalnins, J. Zicans, and E. Plume, “A nanocomposite based on a styrene-acrylate copolymer and native montmorillonite clay. 2. Modeling the elastic properties,” Mech. Compos. Mater., 42, No. 2, 163-172 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. S. Gaidukov, R. D. Maksimov, U. Cabulis, E. Plume, and A. Stunda-Zujeva, “Mechanical properties of a rigid polyurethane/ montmorillonite composite prepared by using a biopolyol,” Mech. Compos. Mater., 49, No. 4, 333-344 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. R. Merijs Meri, J. Zicans, R. Maksimov, T. Ivanova, M. Kalnins, R. Berzina, and G. Japins, “Elasticity and long-term behavior of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET)/montmorillonite (MMT) composites,” Compos. Struct., 111, 453-458 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. R. Hill, “Elastic properties of reinforced solids; some theoretical principles,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 11, No. 5, 357-372 (1963).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. R. Hill, “A self-consistent mechanics of composite materials,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 13, No. 4, 213-222 (1965).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. T. Mori and K. Tanaka, “Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions,” Acta Metallurgica, 21, No. 5, 571-574 (1973).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. J. D. Eshelby, “The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems,” Proc. Roy. Soc. Series A, 241, 376-396 (1957).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. D. Maksimov and E. Plume, “Elastic properties of a polyurethane/montmorillonite nanocomposite,” Mech. Compos. Mater., 48, No. 5, 487-498 (2012).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. A. Lagzdins, R. D. Maksimov, and E. Plume, “Anisotropy of elasticity of a composite with irregularly oriented anisometric filler particles,” Mech. Compos. Mater., 45, No. 4, 345-358 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. A. Usuki, Y. Kojima, M. Kawasumi, A. Okada, Y. Fukushima, and T. Kurauchi, “Synthesis of Nylon6-clay hybrid,” J. Mater. Res., 8, 1179-1184 (1993).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. J.-J. Luo and I. M. Daniel, “Characterization and modeling of mechanical behavior of polymer/clay nanocomposites,” Compos. Sci. Technol., 63, 1607-1616 (2003).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. T. D. Fornes and D. R. Paul, “Modeling the properties of nylon6/clay nanocomposites using composite theories,” Polymer, 44, 4993-5013 (2003).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. R. Renz, Zum zügigen and zyklischen Verformungsverhalten Polymerer Hartschaumstoffe. Dis. zur Erlangung des akad. Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs, Karlsruhe (1977).

  18. U. Cabulis, M. Kirpluks, and J. Andersons, “The effect of montmorillonite type nanoparticles on stiffness and flammability of rapeseed oil based polyisocyanurate foams,” Key Eng. Mater., 559, 19-24 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by ERDAF within the framework of Project No. 2010/0290/ 2DP/2.1.1.1.0/10/APIA/VIAA/053 and by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Latvia according to Project No. 3 of State Research Program No. 2.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia

    R. D. Maksimov & E. Plume

Authors
  1. R. D. Maksimov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. E. Plume
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to R. D. Maksimov.

Additional information

Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 855-868 , September-October, 2014.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Maksimov, R.D., Plume, E. Elastic Properties of a Polymer/Silicate Composite with Platelike Multilayer Filler Particles. Mech Compos Mater 50, 613–622 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-014-9449-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-014-9449-4

Keywords:

Search

Navigation