ATH浓度对PPATH复合材料力学性能的影响.pdfVIP

Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 24(2014) s81−s89 Effect of concentration of ATH on mechanical properties of polypropylene/aluminium trihydrate (PP/ATH) composite 1 1 1 1 2 3 Atta ur Rehman SHAH , Dong-woo LEE , Yi-qi WANG , Abdul WASY , K. C. HAM , Krishnan JAYARAMAN , 4 1 Byung-Sun KIM , Jung-Il SONG 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea; 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha Technical College, Korea; 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand; 4. Composite Research Center, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Korea Received 18 June 2013; accepted 28 November 2013 Abstract: Aluminium trihydrate (ATH) is being extensively added to polypropylene (PP) to make a fire retardant composite. Blends of PP/ATH composite are more fire resistant as compared to pure PP. Percentage proportion of both the constituents in the final composite depends upon the application. Improvement in the fire retardant properties of such composites have been studied and published in literature but effects on mechanical strength have not been addressed. The effect of concentration of ATH on the strength of PP/ATH composite was presented. The tensile, flexural and fracture properties were studied and discussed. Experimental tests, ASTM analytical formulae and finite element approach were used. It has been