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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 36, Issue 18, Pages 4485-4491Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017986820603
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Syntactic foam made by mechanical mixing of glass hollow spheres in epoxy resin matrix is characterized for compressive properties in the present study. Volume fraction of hollow spheres in the syntactic foam under investigation is kept at 67.8%. Effect of specimen aspect ratio on failure behavior and stress-strain curve of the material is highlighted. Considerable differences are noted in the macroscopic fracture features of the specimen and the stress-strain curve with the variation in specimen aspect ratio, although compressive yield strength values were within a narrow range. Post compression test scanning electron microscopic observations coupled with the macroscopic observations taken during the test helped in explaining the deviation in specimen behavior and in gathering support for the proposed arguments. (C) 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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