Flexural Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites at Different Strain Rates
Abstract
Composite materials are exposed to
various loading speeds when considering the application areas. Understanding
how strain rates affect the behavior of composite materials and estimating this
behavior constitute one of the important work areas. In this work, glass fiber
reinforced epoxy composites were produced and their mechanical behaviour under
various strain rates (2.5 mm/min, 5 mm/min and 10 mm/min) was investigated.
Strain rates was based on crosshead speed. Composite plates were produced by
VARIM (Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion Method). The samples were cut according
to ASTM standards and then three-point bending test was applied to understand
flexural behaviour of glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Composite plates
were prepared as three different fiber orientations (0°, 45°, 90°) and the
effect of different strain rates on different fiber orientations was
investigated. As a result, as strain rate increases, the flexural stress
increases and there is no meaningful change in the modulus of elasticity and
deflection. In addition, the most affected fiber orientation is 45° fiber
orientation for flexural stress.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Gökhan Demircan
*
0000-0002-9579-6878
Türkiye
Mustafa Özen
0000-0002-0282-9387
Türkiye
Murat Kısa
0000-0001-7015-2198
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 24, 2020
Submission Date
July 16, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 29, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 22 Number: 64
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