挤出聚苯乙烯(XPS)经常用于构造许多不同的结构。因此,有必要适当地表征其机械性能以确保所述结构的安全性。在可用的表征测试中,静态弯曲试验简单,易于执行;由于这些特点,它们应该比其他测试更频繁地进行。在XPS上的静态弯曲试验中,由于XPS的高度灵活性,有几个挑战,所选择的测试方法和样品配置影响表征的准确性。对于泡沫塑料,包括XPS,三点弯曲(TPB)测试方法分别由国际标准化组织(ISO)和日本工业标准(JIS)标准化,如ISO1209-2:2007和JISK7221-2:2006,其中确定样本配置。因此,已经基于这些标准化方法常规地进行了泡沫塑料的TPB测试以表征弯曲性能。相比之下,由于这些标准化方法的存在,对测试方法和样本配置的影响的调查往往被忽略。然而,为了准确表征XPS的弯曲性能,必须详细检查测试方法和样品配置的效果。在这项研究中,三种弯曲性能(杨氏模量,比例极限应力,和弯曲强度)使用三点弯曲(TPB)确定从XPS面板上切下的样品,四点弯曲(FPB),和压缩弯曲(CB)测试,以5的间隔从5到50的不同样品跨度/深度比,并进行统计分析以确定测试的相关性。当TPB中的跨度/深度比范围为25-50、25-50和15-50时,样品配置对杨氏模量的影响可以降低。FPB,和CB测试,分别,而在TPB中,在5-50、20-50和15-50的跨度/深度比范围内,比例极限应力降低了,FPB,和CB测试,分别。此外,在TPB中,当跨度/深度比范围为5-50、20-50和5-50时,对弯曲强度的影响减小,FPB,和CB测试,分别。因此,这些结果表明,当跨度/深度比分别确定为25-50和15-50时,TPB和CB测试比FPB测试更可行。然而,在这些测试中确定的样品弯曲性能中观察到明显的差异。根据这些发现,应该进行进一步的研究来阐明这些差异。
Extruded polystyrene (XPS) is frequently used in the construction of many different structures. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriately characterize its mechanical properties to ensure the safety of said structures. Among the available characterization tests, static bending tests are simple and easy to perform; owing to these characteristics, they should be performed more frequently than other tests. In static bending tests on XPS, there are several challenges owing to the high flexibility of XPS, and the chosen testing method and sample configuration affect the accuracy of characterization. For cellular plastics, including XPS, three-point bending (TPB) test methods are standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) as in ISO 1209-2:2007 and JIS K 7221-2:2006, respectively, where the sample configurations are determined. Therefore, TPB tests of cellular plastics have been conventionally performed based on these standardized methods to characterize the bending properties. In contrast, investigations on the effects of testing methods and sample configurations have often been neglected due to the existence of these standardized methods. However, to characterize the bending properties of XPS accurately, the effects of the testing method and sample configuration must be examined in detail. In this study, three bending properties (Young\'s modulus, proportional limit stress, and bending strength) of samples cut from an XPS panel were determined using three-point bending (TPB), four-point bending (FPB), and compression bending (CB) tests with varying sample span/depth ratios from 5 to 50 at intervals of 5, and statistical analyses were performed to determine the relevance of the tests. The effect of sample configuration on Young\'s modulus could be reduced when the span/depth ratio range was 25-50, 25-50, and 15-50 in the TPB, FPB, and CB tests, respectively, whereas that on the proportional limit stress was reduced in the span/depth ratio range of 5-50, 20-50, and 15-50 in the TPB, FPB, and CB tests, respectively. Additionally, the effect on the bending strength was reduced when the span/depth ratio range was 5-50, 20-50, and 5-50 in the TPB, FPB, and CB tests, respectively. Therefore, these results suggest that the TPB and CB tests were more feasible than the FPB test when the span/depth ratio was determined as being 25-50 and 15-50, respectively. However, clear differences were observed in the sample bending properties determined in these tests. In light of these findings, further studies should be conducted to elucidate these differences.