Masters Theses
Abstract
"The purpose of the study is to manufacture soy hull augmented polyurethane foams and study the physical and mechanical properties for their possible commercial applications. The ratio of soy hulls substituting polyol in the polyurethane foam formulation is 10%, 20% and 30% of 100 parts polyol. Soy hull augmented polyurethane foams are compared with control foam -- pure polyurethane foam, for the density, compressive strength, tensile strength and hardness.
Various commercial methods and formulations are available for manufacturing polyurethane foams. In this study, a standard laboratory method is used to acquire a small amount of polyurethane foam with commercial quality. The density, compressive strength, tensile strength and hardness of polyurethane foams are obtained through standard ASTM tests. From the comparison results of the soy hull augmented polyurethane foam with pure polyurethane foam, it is concluded that, density increases with higher percentage of soy hull substitution and, soy hull augmented polyurethane foams have improved mechanical properties over pure polyurethane foam"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Flanigan, V. J.
Committee Member(s)
Chandrashekhara, K.
Kapila, Shubhender
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Spring 2003
Pagination
ix, 46 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-45).
Rights
© 2003 Jue Chen, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Soy branPolyurethanesFoamed materials -- Mechanical propertiesFoamed materialsEnvironmental chemistry -- Industrial applications
Thesis Number
T 8222
Print OCLC #
53195276
Recommended Citation
Chen, Jue, "Manufacturing and physical and mechanical properties of soy hull augmented polyurethane foam" (2003). Masters Theses. 2311.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2311
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