Thermal Shock Failure in Thick Epoxy Coatings |
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Authors: | D King J P Bell |
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Affiliation: |
a University of Connecticut, Institute of Materials Science, Storrs, CT, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | In this paper we describe an apparatus for reproducibly measuring thermal shock resistance of thick polymer layers bonded to metals. The thermal shock behavior is discussed in terms of epoxy samples bonded to an aluminum substrate. It was found that both high resin toughness and low resin thermal expansion coefficient improved thermal shock resistance of thick coatings, but only a sample containing 60wt. % glass beads did not develop a failure crack. Effects of sample thickness, temperature gradient, and resin composition on thermal shock behavior are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Thermal shock epoxy coatings thermal stress epoxy adhesives stress cracking failure |
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