AN INITIAL STUDY ON A NON-INVASIVE ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY FOR GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED EPOXY (GFRE) COMPOSITES PIPE

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lean Thiam Siow ◽  
Mohd Hafiz Fazalul Rahiman ◽  
Mohd Shukry Abdul Majid ◽  
Ruzairi Abdul Rahim

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an application of ultrasonic tomography on the E-glass fibre reinforced epoxy composite pipe. The paper presents a transmission mode ultrasonic tomography. Mathematical estimation of ultrasonic wave propagation between the E-glass composite pipe and other media boundaries are of interest in this paper. In the case of direct transmission, the reflection and transmission coefficient of transmitted ultrasonic wave was calculated.

In recent years, there has been a growing need for natural fibre reinforced composite materials especially materials with good mechanical properties in order to substitute glass fibre based composite products to showcase a better engineering class for structural applications. Here the properties of jute fabric reinforced composite has been compared and analysed with e-glass fibre matte reinforced composite. The mercerized jute and e- glass fibre mats are treated with isophthalic resin. Charcoal powder has been used as a filler material constituting two percentage of the whole weight of entire composite. Isophthalic polyester resins offer substantially higher strength, better flexibility and chemical resistance. The properties of the jute composite and e-glass composite are determined by a series of tests such as Tensile, Flexural, Impact, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Rate of Burning tests. The newly obtained composites provide a better usage for applications that require a much better physical strength and mechanical properties.


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