Development and Evaluation of the Possibility of Using Epoxyurethane Mastic in Railway Transport

Abstract

In scientific work is presented the solution of scientific and practical task – the development and evaluation of the possibility of using difficult combustible epoxyurethane (EU) mastic with increased vibration-damping properties and the necessary physical and mechanical properties for cladding the internal metal surfaces of railway rolling stock bodies. The compositions of the developed mastic based on the mixture of oligester cyclo-cab (OCC) and epoxidian (ED) oligomers with the addition of flame retardant – ammonium polyphosphate (APh), as well as hydrophobic filler methylaerosil AM-1-300 to give the composition thixotropic properties. As a result of dynamic-mechanical and viscoelastic researches, it was found that the mastic composition ED: OCC with the content of fire-retardant additive and thixotropic filler has high damping properties (tgδ = 0.45-0.47) in highly elastic field, and therefore, from practical point of view, this the material can work both at low (from -60°C) and moderate temperatures (to +60°C). A comprehensive fire hazard assessment showed that the developed mastic belongs to the group of difficult combustible and difficult flammable materials with slow flame spread and moderate smoke generating ability, as well as moderately hazardous in terms of toxicity. The achieved level of characteristics of the difficult combustible vibration damping mastic testifies about the prospects of its further use for facing the internal metal surfaces of bodies of railway rolling stock in order to ensure their fire safety and acoustic comfort.