Fabrication, mechanical properties, and multifunctionalities of particle reinforced foams: A review

S Cao, N Ma, Y Zhang, R Bo, Y Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decade, particle reinforced foams have been intensively studied and applied in
diverse fields owing to their low weight-to-strength ratio, low cost, and tailorable physical …

Influence of a batch of hollow glass microspheres with different strength grades on the compression strength of syntactic foam

P Wang, S Zhong, K Yan, B Liao, J Zhang - Composites Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, syntactic foam filled with hollow glass microspheres (HGM) has been widely
used in aeronautical and marine structural applications. In order to obtain a lightweight and …

Novel sustainable geopolymer based syntactic foams: An eco-friendly alternative to polymer based syntactic foams

L Zhang, F Zhang, M Liu, X Hu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Driven by the environmental concern, novel sustainable geopolymer based syntactic foams
(GSFs) were developed for the first time. The different GSFs were prepared by using two …

[HTML][HTML] Geometrical and mechanical characterisation of hollow thermoplastic microspheres for syntactic foam applications

ME Curd, NF Morrison, MJA Smith, P Gajjar… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, hollow thermoplastic microspheres, have emerged as an innovative filler material
for use in polymer-matrix composites. The resulting all-polymer syntactic foam takes on …

Effects of hollow microsphere surface property on the mechanical performance of high strength syntactic foams

J Yuan, Z An, J Zhang - Composites Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Syntactic foams (SF) with robust impermeable hollow microspheres as density adjuster have
drawn much attention because of their easy-tailored low density, high mechanical strength …

Effect of wall thickness and cutting parameters on drilling of glass microballoon/epoxy syntactic foam composites

HS Ashrith, M Doddamani, V Gaitonde - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of glass microballoon (GMB) wall thickness and cutting parameters (cutting
speed, feed and drill diameter) on thrust force (F t), surface roughness (R a), specific cutting …

Thermophysical properties of multifunctional syntactic foams containing phase change microcapsules for thermal energy storage

F Galvagnini, A Dorigato, L Fambri, G Fredi, A Pegoretti - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Syntactic foams (SFs) combining an epoxy resin and hollow glass microspheres (HGM)
feature a unique combination of low density, high mechanical properties, and low thermal …

Halloysite nanotubes reinforced epoxy-glass microballoons syntactic foams

AV Ullas, B Jaiswal - Composites Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer syntactic foams are a class of polymer composites prepared by incorporation of
hollow microballoons in a polymer matrix. The advantageous feature of this class of foams is …

[HTML][HTML] Epoxy-glass microballoon syntactic foams: rheological optimization of the processing window

AV Ullas, D Kumar, PK Roy - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2019 - hindawi.com
In this paper, we discuss the chemorheology of epoxy based syntactic foams containing
glass microballoons of varying density, with an aim of establishing the effect of microballoon …

Mechanical behaviour of multifunctional epoxy/hollow glass microspheres/paraffin microcapsules syntactic foams for thermal management

F Galvagnini, G Fredi, A Dorigato, L Fambri, A Pegoretti - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epoxy/hollow glass microsphere (HGM) syntactic foams (SFs) are peculiar materials
developed to combine low density, low thermal conductivity, and elevated mechanical …