Efficient Mix Design Method and Main Properties of Composite Material

Authors

  • Nerijus ADOMAVIÄŒIUS*, Albinas GAILIUS, Ingrida GIRNIENÄ– Firefighter Training School

Keywords:

concrete, fibers, polypropylene, matrix, rheological properties, composite materials.

Abstract

Examination of literature concerning methods of designing the compositions of composite materials shows that these methods, most of which are empirical and based primarily on a large number of experimental studies and lead to conclusions that, seem to us, to be limited and will suited to the composite material that fiber reinforced composite material is. This paper presents the results of a study on development of compositions having all rheological properties required for composite materials. The fiber reinforced composite is made of matrix and fibers. A high modulus polyethylene fiber was used as the reinforcing fiber. Fiber reinforced composite materials are highly heterogeneous compositions of the dispersion results are often large. To obtain usable information, we made a large number of tests on different specimens and then carrying out a statistical analysis of the results.

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Published

2005-03-12

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