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Experimental data for all of the SKD rubber-base composites filled with particles with a diameter D< 10−4 cm, which were investigated in the study, are not described over the entire interval of fillings by any of the familiar theories, and the discrepancy increases with increasing degree of filling.
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Experimental and theoretical data can be drawn together by introducing a parameter of the interaction between the matrix material and filler, which is multiplied by the degree of filling, to the equation describing the E/E0 = f(φ) curve; in this case, however, two regions develop where these equations differ; this makes it possible to assume the presence of a percolation effect.
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The dependence of composite strength on the logarithm of the characteristic dimension of the cell is described by two straight lines with different slopes; this also suggests the presence of a percolation effect. The value of the filler concentration for which these segments intersect is apparently close to the percolation concentration [11].
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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 2, pp. 204–213, March–April, 1989.
The authors thank S, T. Mileiko for his invaluable comments on the results of the study and the text of the paper.
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Kalmykov, Y.B., Drakin, N.V. & Dubrava, O.L. Effect of filler size and concentration on the physicomechanical properties of a composite polymer material. Mech Compos Mater 25, 144–152 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00616257
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