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BULLETIN OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 219-223Publisher
INDIAN ACADEMY SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/BF02710105
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Fillers; flyash; compression test; impact test; fibre reinforced epoxies
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Flyash is incorporated in glass fibre reinforced epoxies to study their response to the filler addition, Law cost of flyash can reduce the overall cost of the component. Only very low volume fractions of filler are investigated in the present study. To obtain further clarification of the observed phenomenon, another abundantly available low cost material, calcium carbonate is incorporated in one set of the specimens. Compressive strength of the material is found to decrease, whereas steep increase in impart strength is observed by introduction of very small quantity of fillers. Specimens containing calcium carbonate are tested for impact properties only, Effect of specimen aspect ratio on the compressive strength values is also studied by testing specimens of three different aspect ratios. Scanning electron microscopic observations are taken to develop a better understanding of the phenomena taking place in the material system at microscopic level.
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