PRE-MOULD PROCESSING FOR SYNTACTIC FOAMS: MODELLING, THEORY AND EXPERIMENT | ||
| The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Article 111, Volume 13, 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2008, Pages 178-191 PDF (362.12 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/amme.2008.39719 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ISLAM M. M.; KIM H. S. | ||
| Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT Pre-mould processing for syntactic foams made of starch and ceramic hollow microspheres was studied. A statistical model to relate various parameters such as volume expansion rate (VER) of initial bulk volume of microspheres (IBVMS), microsphere size, microsphere volume fractions, minimum inter-microsphere distance (MID), and mixing ratio of microspheres was developed for theoretical relations. The statistical model consists of cubic cells which can optionally be simple cubic (SC) or face centred cubic (FCC) or body centred cubic (BCC) cells. The theoretical relations were verified with experimental/ numerical data for various mixtures of microspheres and found to be capable of predicting effects of microsphere size and mixture ratio of microsphere size groups on VER under various conditions arising from starch content in binder and IBVMS. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Syntactic foam; Hollow microsphere; Gelatinisation; Buoyancy; Manufacture; Starch%; Pre-mould; Mixing; MID; Microsphere size; model; Volume expansion rate; IBVMS | ||
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