Flexural creep in pure and filled acrylic resin systems

dc.contributor.advisorArmeniades, C. D.
dc.creatorNandi, Ranjan Kaushik
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:21:03Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:21:03Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.description.abstractThe creep behavior of poly (methyl methacrylate) and acrylic polymer concrete (PC) systems based on methyl methacrylate was studied in flexure. Creep in both pure and filled systems followed a power law time dependence. A differential form of the power law equation was used to eliminate the irregularities associated with time-independent and transient strains in the experimental data. de$\sb{\rm tot}$/dt = ln nk + (n $-$ 1) ln t where e$\sb{\rm tot}$ is the total strain and n and k are constants in the power law equation. Plots of creep rates versus time yielded good linear fits to the data, the slopes providing values for 'n', the power exponent. Vertical superposition was then used to reduce data at different stresses and resin contents, for the PCs onto a single master curve using different shift-factors. This data reduction was expressed in the form of an empirical expression: e(t, S, v) = e$\sb0$(ref). EXP (K$\sb{\rm S}$. (S $-$ S$\sb{\rm ref}$)). EXP (K$\sb{\rm v}$. (v $-$ v$\sb{\rm ref}$)). t$\sp{\rm n}$ which expresses the total creep strain as a product of separable functions of time (t), stress (S) and the resin volume fraction (v).
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis C.E. 1990 Nandi
dc.identifier.citationNandi, Ranjan Kaushik. "Flexural creep in pure and filled acrylic resin systems." (1990) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13456">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13456</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13456
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectChemical engineering
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.subjectCivil engineering
dc.titleFlexural creep in pure and filled acrylic resin systems
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentChemical and Biomolecular Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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