Date of Award
Spring 5-2019
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
First Advisor
Jeffrey Wiggins
Second Advisor
Heather Broadhead
Advisor Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) is a technique commonly used to identify the thermomechanical properties of polymeric materials. In the aerospace industry, a typical DMA sample is a glassy epoxy-amine polymer network. On a laboratory scale, these types of materials are cured in a silicon mold and sanded by hand to yield a sample with testable dimensions. This preparation technique is time consuming and causes sample imperfections which negatively affects data acquisition. This thesis aims to absolve the issues with DMA sample preparation by using a custom vacuum housing and a DeWALTTM brand orbital sander. This novel approach has been shown to improve the efficiency and data acquisition of post-cured epoxy-amine DMA samples.
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Recommended Citation
Winetrout, Jordan J., "Improved Data Acquisition Using a Novel Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Sample Preparation Technique: The Numbers Do Not Lie" (2019). Honors Theses. 672.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/672