Author(s)

Pibo Ma^*, Gaoming Jiang^*, Yanyan Li, Wenxin Zhong

Engineering Research Center for Knitting Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.

The compressive properties of epoxy with different silica nanoparticles (SiO₂ nanoparticles) contents at quasi-static and high strain rates loading were investigated via experiment. This article evaluates the compressive failure behaviors and modes at different SiO₂ nanoparticles contents and different strain rates. The results indicated that the stress strain curves were sensitive to strain rate, and the compressive failure stress of composites with various SiO₂ nanoparticles contents increased with the strain rates, and it increased along with SiO2 nanoparticles contents and then declined. The compressive failure stress and the compressive failure modes of the composites were apparently different from the change of SiO₂ nanoparticles contents.

Impact Compression Behaviors, Silica Nanoparticles, Composites, Strain Rate

Ma, P. , Jiang, G. , Li, Y. and Zhong, W. (2015) The Impact Compression Behaviors of Silica Nanoparticles—Epoxy Composites. Journal of Textile Science and Technology, 1, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/jtst.2015.11001.