Journal
MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Volume 43, Issue 5, Pages 433-444Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-007-0041-z
Keywords
expanded polystyrene (EPS); compression; design of experiments; elastic modulus; elastic deformation; optimal height of specimens
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The results obtained in an experimental investigation of deformability of expanded polystyrene (EPS) under short-term compression are presented. The density of EPS varied from 13 to 28 kg/m(3). The method of design of experiments was used to determine the elastic modulus and the ultimate strain (corresponding to the end of quasi-linear deformability) under compression stresses operating perpendicularly and parallel to the faces of EPS products. A graphical interpretation of the models is also presented. Based on the experimental data obtained, it was concluded that the expanded polystyrene was homogeneous in mutually perpendicular planes with respect to its deformability in compression.
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