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Studying the Viscoelastic Properties of an Epoxy Resin Strengthened with Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles by Instrumented Microindentation

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The viscoelastic properties of surface layers of a Primer-204 epoxy resin modified by silicon dioxide nanoparticles with weight fractions of 0.24, 0.41, 0.65, and 2% were investigated. Material specimens were indented using a Hysitron TI 950 Triboindenter nanomechanical test system. The load and the loading and holding times had a significant effect on the values of hardness and reduced the elastic modulus obtained by indentation. The material exhibited viscosity at the microscopic level. With filler content growing from 0.24 to 2 wt.%, the reduced elastic modulus and hardness of surface layers of the material increased, but the creep decreased. It is shown that the rheonomic properties of the Primer-204 epoxy resin modified by silicon dioxide nanoparticles should be taken into account.

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    S. V. Smirnov & I. A. Veretennikova

  2. S. A. Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. M. Fomin, A. A. Filippov & T. A. Brusentseva

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 483-500, May-June, 2019.

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Smirnov, S.V., Veretennikova, I.A., Fomin, V.M. et al. Studying the Viscoelastic Properties of an Epoxy Resin Strengthened with Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles by Instrumented Microindentation. Mech Compos Mater 55, 337–348 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-019-09816-x

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