Publication Date:
2014-09-09
Description:
An extensive development and testing program on adhesive systems shows that: (1) A closed cell silicone rubber sponge bonded to substrates with thin bond lines of glass filled adhesive exhibits density and modulus values approximately one third that of solid silicone adhesives; (2) utilization of glass or phenolic microballoons as fillers in silicone adhesives reduces density but increases moduli of the vulcanized materials; (3) the silicone elastomer based adhesives appear to be complex systems rather than homogeneous, isotropic materials. Tensile, shear, and compression properties plotted versus temperature verify this conjecture; and (4) constant strain-stress relaxation tests on glass-filled adhesive show that stress relaxation is most pronounced near the glass transition temperature.
Keywords:
MATERIALS, NONMETALLIC
Type:
NASA. Ames Res. Center Symp. on Reusable Surface Insulation for Space Shuttle, Vol. 3; p 935-964
Format:
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