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The mechanics of solid-state nanofoaming
Frederik Van Loock, Victoria Bernardo, Miguel Angel Rodríguez Pérez +1
Solid-state nanofoaming experiments are conducted on two PMMA grades of markedly different molecular weight using CO as the blowing agent. The sensitivity of porosity to foamin…
Mode II fracture of an elastic-plastic sandwich layer
E. Martínez-Pañeda, I. I. Cuesta, N. A. Fleck
The shear strength of a pre-cracked sandwich layer is predicted, assuming that the layer is linear elastic or elastic-plastic, with yielding characterized by either J2 plasticity t…
Creep failure of honeycombs made by rapid prototyping
P. E. Seiler, H. C. Tankasala, N. A. Fleck
Additive manufacture and rapid prototyping are versatile methods for the generation of lattice materials for applications in the creep regime. However, these techniques introduce d…
Mechanical properties of PMMA sepiolite nanocellular materials with a bimodal cellular structure
Victoria Bernardo, Frederik Van Loock, Judith Martin de Leon +2
Bimodal cellular poly(methyl methacrylate) with micron and nano sized (300 to 500 nm) cells with up to 5 weight percent of sepiolite nanoparticles and porosity from 50 weight perce…
Deformation and failure maps for PMMA in uniaxial tension
Frederik Van Loock, Norman A. Fleck
Uniaxial tensile tests are performed on a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) grade over a range of temperatures near the glass transition and over two decades of strain rate. Deformati…
The mechanical and electrical properties of direct-spun carbon nanotube mat-epoxy composites
Wei Tan, Joe C. Stallard, Fiona R. Smail +2
Composites of direct-spun carbon nanotube (CNT) mats and epoxy are manufactured and tested in order to determine their mechanical and electrical properties. The mats are spun direc…