Determination of Young's modulus of epoxy coated polyethylene micro-cantilever using phase-shift shadow moiré method

Young′s moduli of various epoxy coated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) micro-cantilevers were determined from the deflection results obtained using the phase-shift shadow moiré (PSSM) method. The filler materials for epoxy coatings were aluminum and graphite powders that were mixed with epoxy at various percentages. Young′s moduli were calculated from theory based on the deflection results. The PET micro-cantilever coated with aluminum-epoxy coating showed increasing value of Young′s modulus when the ratios of the aluminum-epoxy were increased. The graphite-epoxy coating on the PET micro-cantilever also showed the same trend. The experimental results also show that Young′s modulus of the graphite-epoxy coating is higher than aluminum-epoxy coating in comparison at the same mixing ratio.

► The phase-shift shadow moiré method was used to determine Young′s moduli of epoxy coated PET micro-cantilevers.
► Filler materials for epoxy coatings were aluminum and graphite powders at various percentages.
► PET micro-cantilever coated with Al-epoxy coating showed increasing modulus for increasing ratios of aluminum-epoxy mixture.