TY - JOUR
AU - Memari, H.
AB - Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) was melt compounded with different nanoparticles using a twin-screw extruder. Nano TiO2, SiO2 and Al2O3 in 0.5, 1 and 2 wt% were added to the polymeric matrix as reinforcements. Nine polymeric nanocomposite samples were injection molded. Impact strength, Young's modulus, Rockwell hardness-R and cost of raw materials were considered as different criteria. Two procedures of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods were performed for solving material selection problem. Criteria weighting was performed using analytical hierarchy process (AHP). According to weights that obtained from AHP, the alternative ranking was implemented using TOPSIS (the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution) and MOORA (multi-objective optimization on the basis of ratio analysis) methods. The results indicated that the addition of nanoparticles to the polymeric matrix was significantly improved mechanical properties. 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TI - Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of PMMA Nanocomposites Containing Various Contents of Prevalent Nanofillers from Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Point of View
JF - Journal of Mechanics
DO - 10.1017/jmech.2017.26
DA - 2018-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/experimental-investigation-of-mechanical-properties-of-pmma-oFbrtCxPdK
SP - 461
EP - 468
VL - 34
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
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