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Investigation of the impact of simulated solar radiation on the micro- and nanoscale morphology and mechanical properties of a sheet moulded composite surface

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 34 (2016): Issue 3 (September 2016)
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Open Access
|Sep 2016

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Fig. 1

Optical microscope images (left hand side), AFM topography images (middle) and the Sobel transform of AFM topography (right hand side), of the SMC A sample (top), SMC B (middle) and SMC C (bottom).
Optical microscope images (left hand side), AFM topography images (middle) and the Sobel transform of AFM topography (right hand side), of the SMC A sample (top), SMC B (middle) and SMC C (bottom).

Fig. 2

Roughness parameters of investigated samples determined using AFM topography data.
Roughness parameters of investigated samples determined using AFM topography data.

Fig. 3

Pores parameters of investigated samples determined using AFM topography data.
Pores parameters of investigated samples determined using AFM topography data.

Fig. 4

3D image of the SMC C surface acquired with optical profilometer (left hand side) and roughness parameters of investigated samples determined using optical profilometry data (right hand side).
3D image of the SMC C surface acquired with optical profilometer (left hand side) and roughness parameters of investigated samples determined using optical profilometry data (right hand side).

Fig. 5

Microcomputer tomography data acquired at the depth of 1.5 μm from the surface of the sample (left hand side) and quantitative comparison of the voids planar area, and the void breadth as well as the material volume (right hand side).
Microcomputer tomography data acquired at the depth of 1.5 μm from the surface of the sample (left hand side) and quantitative comparison of the voids planar area, and the void breadth as well as the material volume (right hand side).

Fig. 6

The Young modulus measured using force spectroscopy (left hand side) and wettability of the surface of investigated samples (right hand side).
The Young modulus measured using force spectroscopy (left hand side) and wettability of the surface of investigated samples (right hand side).

Fig. 7

Energy dissipation for the surface deformation maps. The data was acquired using NanoSwing technique. From left to right: SMC A, SMC B, SMC C. Scan area: 50 μm × 50 ×m.
Energy dissipation for the surface deformation maps. The data was acquired using NanoSwing technique. From left to right: SMC A, SMC B, SMC C. Scan area: 50 μm × 50 ×m.

Fig. 8

The distribution of energy dissipation for surface deformation. The data was acquired with NanoSwing technique.
The distribution of energy dissipation for surface deformation. The data was acquired with NanoSwing technique.

Fig. 9

An example of the nanoindentation trace and a graph showing the changes of indentation depth and projected area of the investigated samples.
An example of the nanoindentation trace and a graph showing the changes of indentation depth and projected area of the investigated samples.

Fig. 10

The advantage of the measurement of the degradation of the surface instead of whole volume of the material.
The advantage of the measurement of the degradation of the surface instead of whole volume of the material.

The ratios of selected factors obtained for presented measurement techniques showing the sensitivity of detection of SMC surface deterioration_

ParameterB/A ratioC/A ratio
Sa2.115.50
Sq2.244.53
Sz2.082.35
SP1.412.31
Atomic force microscopySdr1.648.19
Length2.552.83
Perimeter2.813.39
Z max2.895.98
Young module0.840.56
Energy dissipation22.0536.97
Sa5.2323.20
Sq5.5220.37
Optical profilometrySz2.074.03
SP1.494.50
Sdr13.8090.63
Area-1.16
Microcomputer TomographyBreadth-1.07
Material Volume-0.63
Wettability0.910.73
Impact strength-0.97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0080 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 641 - 649
Submitted on: Jan 18, 2016
Accepted on: Jun 28, 2016
Published on: Sep 28, 2016
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
weathering,
material decomposition,
sheet moulded composite,
atomic force microscopy,
microcomputer tomography
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

© 2016 Andrzej Sikora, Łukasz Bednarz, Tomasz Fałat, Marek Wałecki, Maria Adamowska, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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