Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Optimization of material formulation and processing parameters in relation to mechanical properties of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites using Taguchi design of experiments

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Salam, H.
    Dong, Yu
    Davies, Ian
    Pramanik, Alokesh
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Salam, H. and Dong, Y. and Davies, I. and Pramanik, A. 2018. Optimization of material formulation and processing parameters in relation to mechanical properties of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites using Taguchi design of experiments. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 135 (5): 45769.
    Source Title
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science
    DOI
    10.1002/APP.45769
    ISSN
    0021-8995
    School
    School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62964
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This article aims to study the effects of material formulation and processing parameters on mechanical properties of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites based on epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) via Taguchi design of experiments (DoEs). A mixed-level DoE with an L16 orthogonal array was constructed to achieve maximum levels of tensile strength, tensile modulus, and impact strength for corresponding bionanocomposites. Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to identify significant factors and preferred formulations in the manufacture of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites. The ESO content was found to have the most significant effect with regards to bionanocomposite mechanical properties with contribution percentages of 66.63, 72.96, and 40.14% for their tensile strength, tensile modulus, and impact strength, respectively. With regards to material processing parameters, mechanical mixing speed was identified as a critical factor to achieve optimal tensile and impact properties. Nonetheless, the results also indicated clay content to be a significant factor for tensile strength, whereas curing agent type was vital for the improvement of tensile modulus and impact strength. Clay type and sonication time were also found to be significant factors for impact strength. In contrast to this, manufacturing parameters such as mechanical mixing temperature, mixing time, and sonication frequency were considered to be non-significant factors due to their low cumulative contribution percentages of <10%. Finally, experimental confirmation tests based on the preferred combination of factors demonstrated good agreement with statistically predicted results.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Representative Volume Element and Morphological-Image Based Analyses of Polypropylene/Nanoclay Composites
      Dong, Yu; Bhattacharyya, D. (2010)
      In recent years, the usage of polymer nanocomposites has increased rapidly but although their functional properties are generally superior, often the relevant mechanical properties do not give sufficient consistency to ...
    • Optimisation of manufacturing parameters and morphology-based numerical analysis of nanocomposites
      Bhattacharyya, D.; Dong, Yu (2008)
      In recent years, the usage of polymer nanocomposites has been increasing rapidly. However, although their functional properties are superior, often the relevant mechanical properties do not give sufficient consistency to ...
    • Co-influence of nanofiller content and 3D printing parameters on mechanical properties of thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposites
      Nugroho, Wendy Triadji ; Dong, Yu ; Pramanik, Alokesh ; Zhang, Zhixiao; Ramakrishna, Seeram (2023)
      Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) belongs to a polyurethane family that possesses an elongation much higher than 300%, despite having low mechanical strength, which can be overcome by incorporating clay-based halloysite ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.