The fractal analysis of the structure and properties of inter-phase layers in polymer composites with dispersible filler | Mekhanika | kompozitsionnykh | materialov i konstruktsii
> Volume 8 > №1 / 2002 / Pages: 111-149

The fractal analysis of the structure and properties of inter-phase layers in polymer composites with dispersible filler

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Abstract:

We employ the multi-fractal model for the structure of polymer composites with dispersible filler for structural description of inter-phase layers in such materials. This model is based on the notion of a local ordering. Using methods of fractal analysis, we demonstrate that the fractal dimension of surface of filler particles influences on structural characteristics of inter-phase layers. In addition, we consider the influence of structural characteristics of inter-phase layers on macroscopic mechanical properties of this class of composite materials. As examples, two families of polyhydroxyether – graphite composites were studied.

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