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The elastic properties in bulk and shear of a glass bead-reinforced epoxy resin composite

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A description is given of a new method for the measurement, using a single specimen, of the bulk, shear, and Young's moduli, and the thermal expansion coefficient of solid polymers. The method has been used to measure the bulk and shear moduli and expansion coefficient of a glass bead-filled epoxy resin over a particle concentration range of 0 to 40% volume. Results are compared with the theoretical predictions of Hill, Hashin and Shtrikman, Paul and others. In the glassy region the experimental data agree well with the Hashin and Shtrikman lower bound, but aboveT g the material is reinforced much more than suggested by these theories. Some evidence is given for a difference in glass transition temperature between filled and unfilled materials.

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    Present address: Department of Materials, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

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Crowson, R.J., Arridge, R.G.C. The elastic properties in bulk and shear of a glass bead-reinforced epoxy resin composite. J Mater Sci 12, 2154–2164 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00552236

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