Different interface models for calculating the effective properties in piezoelectric composite materials with imperfect fiber–matrix adhesion

2016 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humberto Brito-Santana ◽  
Ricardo de Medeiros ◽  
Reinaldo Rodriguez-Ramos ◽  
Volnei Tita
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Effective Properties ◽  
Piezoelectric Composite ◽  
Interface Models ◽  
Matrix Adhesion ◽  
Fiber Matrix

Effective properties evaluation for smart composite materials with imperfect fiber–matrix adhesion

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (29) ◽  
pp. 3683-3701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volnei Tita ◽  
Ricardo de Medeiros ◽  
Flávio D Marques ◽  
Mariano E Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Effective Properties ◽  
Smart Composite ◽  
Matrix Adhesion ◽  
Fiber Matrix ◽  
Smart Composite Materials

An analysis of piezoelectric composite materials containing ellipsoidal inhomogeneities

1993 ◽  
Vol 443 (1918) ◽  
pp. 265-287 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Effective Properties ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Piezoelectric Medium ◽  
Piezoelectric Composite ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Reinforced Composite ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Eshelby’S Tensor ◽  
Piezoelectric Solids

A set of four tensors corresponding to Eshelby’s tensor in elasticity are obtained for an ellipsoidal inclusion embedded in an infinite piezoelectric medium. These tensors, which describe the elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric constraint of the matrix, are obtained from W. F. Deeg’s solution to inclusion and inhomogeneity problems in piezoelectric solids. These tensors are then used as the backbone in the development of a micromechanics theory to predict the effective elastic, dielectric, and piezoelectric moduli of particle and fibre reinforced composite materials. The effects of interaction among inhomogeneities at finite concentrations are approximated through the Mori-Tanaka mean field approach. This approach, although widely utilized in the study of uncoupled elastic and dielectric behaviour, has not before been applied to the study of coupled behaviour. To help ensure confidence in the theory, the analytical predictions are proven to be self-consistent, diagonally symmetric, and to exhibit the correct behaviour in the low and high concentration limits. Finally, numerical results are presented to illustrate the effects of the concentration, shape, and material properties of the reinforcement on the effective properties of piezoelectric composites and analytical predictions are shown to result in good agreement with existing experimental data.

scholarly journals Thermo-Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Polymer Composites Reinforced by Natural Fibers Derived from Wet Blue Leather Wastes: A Comparative Study

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1837
Author(s):  
Alessandro Nanni ◽  
Mariafederica Parisi ◽  
Martino Colonna ◽  
Massimo Messori
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Polymer Matrix ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Young Modulus ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Poly Lactic Acid ◽  
Matrix Adhesion ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Leather Wastes ◽  
Fiber Matrix

The present work investigated the possibility to use wet blue (WB) leather wastes as natural reinforcing fibers within different polymer matrices. After their preparation and characterization, WB fibers were melt-mixed at 10 wt.% with poly(lactic acid) (PLA), polyamide 12 (PA12), thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and the obtained samples were subjected to rheological, thermal, thermo-mechanical, and viscoelastic analyses. In parallel, morphological properties such as fiber distribution and dispersion, fiber–matrix adhesion, and fiber exfoliation phenomena were analyzed through a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) to evaluate the relationship between the compounding process, mechanical responses, and morphological parameters. The PLA-based composite exhibited the best results since the Young modulus (+18%), tensile strength (+1.5%), impact (+10%), and creep (+5%) resistance were simultaneously enhanced by the addition of WB fibers, which were well dispersed and distributed in and significantly branched and interlocked with the polymer matrix. PA12- and TPU-based formulations showed a positive behavior (around +47% of the Young modulus and +40% of creep resistance) even if the not-optimal fiber–matrix adhesion and/or the poor de-fibration of WB slightly lowered the tensile strength and elongation at break. Finally, the TPE-based sample exhibited the worst performance because of the poor affinity between hydrophilic WB fibers and the hydrophobic polymer matrix.

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