Using Embossing to Create a Fiber Reinforced Honeycomb Composite

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Flexural Modulus ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Hydraulic Testing ◽  
Charpy Impact Toughness ◽  
Bend Tests

This research project used hot embossing to create a strong and tough polymeric based composite structure. A honeycomb type structure was created by pressing small grooves into thin polycarbonate sheets. A trapezoidal die was used to create hexagonal shaped channels in the polymeric sheet. A number of these sheets were then bonded together to form a composite material. Carbon fibers were embedded into the channels in some of the laminates. The embossing process was carried out at an elevated temperature in an environmental chamber attached to an MTS servo hydraulic testing machine. The grooved structure had a 31% to 45% decrease in the apparent density compared to the ungrooved specimens. Bend tests, tensile tests, and Charpy impact tests were performed on laminates made from this material. The specific values of tensile strength, flexural modulus, and Charpy impact toughness were increased. A small percentage of fibers significantly increased both the stiffness and strength of the laminate.

scholarly journals MICROSTRUCTURE RESEARCH OF THE UNIDIRECTIONAL ORGANOPLASTIC BASED ON RUSAR-NT ARAMID FIBERS AND EPOXY-POLYSULFONE BINDER

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
E.N. Kablov ◽  
◽  
G.S. Kulagina ◽  
G.F. Zhelezina ◽  
S.L. Lonskii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Polymer Matrix ◽  
Packing Density ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Polymer Composite Material ◽  
Aramid Fibers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Binder Structure

This paper studies a polymer composite material - a unidirectional organoplastic based on Rusar-NT aramid fiber and a melt epoxy-polysulfone binder. Organoplastic has the following mechanical properties: tensile strength 2060 MPa, Young's modulus 101 GPa. The microstructure of the fiber and the polymer matrix in the organoplastic samples was studied before and after tensile tests. The features of the formation of the binder structure depending on the packing density of the fibers in organoplastics have been determined. The nature of the destruction of fibers and polymer matrix caused by the uniaxial tension has been studied.

A Study on Mechanical Properties of Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polycarbonate via an Injection Molding Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 801-805
Author(s):  
Kyung-Soo Jeon ◽  
R. Nirmala ◽  
Seong-Hwa Hong ◽  
Yong-II Chung ◽  
R. Navamathavan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Fiber Content ◽  
Injection Molding Process ◽  
Mechanical And Thermal Properties ◽  
Molding Process ◽  
Short Carbon Fiber ◽  
Short Carbon

This manuscript is dealt with the synthesis of short carbon fibers reinforced polycarbonate polymer composite by using injection modeling technique. Four different composite materials were obtained by varying the carbon fibers weight percentage of 10, 20, 30 and 40%. The synthesized carbon fibers/polycarbonate composites were characterized for their morphological, mechanical and thermal properties by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), universal testing machine (UTM) and IZOD strength test. The resultant carbon fibers/polycarbonate composites exhibited excellent interfacial adhesion between carbon fibers and polycarbonate resin. The tensile properties were observed to be monotonically increases with increasing carbon fiber content in the composite resin. The tensile strength of carbon fiber/polycarbonate composites with the carbon fiber content 40% were increased about 8 times than that of the pristine polycarbonate matrix. The carbon fibers/polycarbonate composites with 40 wt.% of short carbon fibers exhibited a high tensile strength and thermal conductivity. The incorporation of carbon fiber in to polycarbonate resin resulted in a significant enhancement in the mechanical and the thermal behavior. These studies suggested that the short carbon fiber incorporated polycarbonate composite matrix is a good candidate material for many technological applications.

Experiment Research for Fracture Toughness of PAN-Based Carbon Fibers

2011 ◽  
Vol 462-463 ◽  
pp. 1361-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Ming Zhang ◽  
Yu Fen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Carbon Filaments ◽  
Fracture Theory ◽  
In Virtue Of

For the sake of the carbon filaments’ fracture toughness, using the focused ion beam (FIB) to etch the carbon fibers and got different tensile strength, and all specimens were stretched on an Instron-type filaments testing machine and got the samples’ tensile strength, The crack-to-mirror size ratio was assumed as a constant, In virtue of Griffith fracture theory, Fracture toughness (KΙC) of representative high-strength type PAN (polyacrylonitrile)-based carbon fibers, Torayca T300 and T800, were estimated to be 1MPam1/2 from the tensile strength vs. fracture mirror size relation.

Strain-Rate Sensitivity of Concrete: Influence of Moisture Content

2006 ◽  
Vol 326-328 ◽  
pp. 1661-1664
Author(s):  
Gao Lin ◽  
Dong Ming Yan
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Dynamic Strength ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Hydraulic Testing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Compressive Tests

Understanding the behavior of concrete under dynamic loading conditions is an issue of great significance in earthquake engineering. Moisture content has an important influence on the strain-rate effect of concrete. In this study, both tensile and compressive experiments were carried out to investigate the rate-dependent behavior of concrete. Tensile experiments of dumbbell-shaped specimens were conducted on a MTS810 testing machine and compressive tests of cubic specimens were performed on a servo-hydraulic testing machine designed and manufactured at Dalian University of Technology, China. The strain rate varied in a wide range. The analytical formulations between the dynamic strength and strain rate were proposed for both compressive tests and tensile tests. It was concluded from the results that with the increasing strain rate, strengths of specimens with both moisture contents tended to increase and the increase seemed to be more remarkable for the saturated specimens; based on the experimental observation, a better explanation for the dynamic behavior is presented.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study on the Effect of Nanomaterials and Fibers on the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Chanachai Thongchom ◽  
Nima Refahati ◽  
Pouyan Roodgar Saffari ◽  
Peyman Roudgar Saffari ◽  
Meysam Nouri Niyaraki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Impact Strength ◽  
Modulus Of Elasticity ◽  
Graphene Nanosheets ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Basalt Fibers ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Internal Mixer ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to explore the tensile and impact properties (tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and impact strength) of polypropylene (PP)-based nanocomposites reinforced with graphene nanosheets, nanoclay, and basalt fibers. The response surface methodology (RSM) with Box–Behnken design (BBD) was adopted as the experimental design. An internal mixer was used to prepare compounds consisting of 0, 0.75 and 1.5 wt% graphene nanosheets, 0, 10 and 20 wt% basalt fibers, and 0, 3 and 6 wt% nanoclay. The samples were prepared by a hot press machine for mechanical testing. The tensile tests were run to determine the tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity, and the Charpy impact tests were performed to assess the impact strength. It was found that the addition of basalt increased the tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and impact strength by 32%, 64% and 18%, respectively. Also, the incorporation of the low-weight graphene nanosheets increased the tensile and impact strength by 15% and 20%, respectively, Adding graphene nanosheets generally improved the modulus of elasticity by 66%. Similarly, the addition of nanoclay improved the tensile strength by 17% and increased the modulus of elasticity by 59%, but further addition of it decreased the impact strength by 19%. The values obtained by this experiment for the mechanical property were roughly close to the data yielded from desirability optimization.

Effect of silver nanoparticle (AgNp) mixed with calcium carbonate on impact, hardness and tensile strength properties of aluminium 6063

2020 ◽  
pp. 002199832092314
Author(s):  
Adefemi Adeodu ◽  
Lateef Mudashiru ◽  
Ilesanmi Daniyan ◽  
Abdulmalik Awodoyin
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Stir Casting ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Tensile Testing Machine ◽  
Casting Technique ◽  
The Impact

Mechanical properties (impact, hardness and tensile strength) characterization of samples containing homogenous mixtures of Al 6063 matrix and varying amount of silver nanoparticles mixed with calcium carbonate at 2, 4, 6% weight fractions, respectively, produced by method of stir casting were carried out. Measurement of impact energy, hardness and tensile strength of the produced samples at 24℃ (ambient) temperature was done by Charpy impact, Brinell hardness and universal tensile testing machine in accordance to ASTM E23, E384 and E8/E8M-13M, respectively. The magnitude of impact and hardness increased evidently with increase in percentage weight fraction of the AgNPs. The refined samples were examined under an optical microscope. The fracture surfaces of the impact test samples were further examined by scanning electron microscopy. There is an increase in tensile strength, elongation and modulus of elasticity of Al-AgNP composites compared to as-cast aluminium alloy. The use of stir-casting technique influences the homogeneity and microstructure of the composites positively. It is concluded that Al-silver nanocomposites possess better qualities in hardness and strength and can replace conventional aluminium alloy in terms of performance and longer life in industrial application.

Thermal Residual Stress and Tensile Strength of UACS/Al Laminate with Different Slit Angles

2013 ◽  
Vol 750 ◽  
pp. 204-207
Author(s):  
Jia Xue ◽  
Wen Xue Wang ◽  
Yoshihiro Takao ◽  
Terutake Matsubara
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Thermal Residual Stress ◽  
Fiber Direction ◽  
Shift Method ◽  
Yielding Point

This paper focus on the investigation of tensile strength and thermal residual stress in UACS/Al laminates. The UACS (unidirectionally arrayed chopped strands) is made by cutting parallel slits on unidirectional carbon fiber prepreg. Thus all of the carbon fibers in the cut prepreg are 25 mm in length. Six cases of UACS prepregs are prepared with different slit angle θ, which is the angle between slit and fiber direction, including 5.7o, 11.3o, 16.7o, 31o, 45o and 90o. A UACS/Al laminate consists of one UACS layer with four UACS plies and two aluminum layers, such as [Al/UACS4/Al]. Four pieces of UACS prepreg with alternate slit angle [θ/-θ/θ/-θ] are stacked together in the same fiber direction. Then stacked UACS/Al laminate are cured using an autoclave. Tensile tests are performed to investigate the thermal residuals stress using the yielding-point-shift method. Experiment results show that thermal residual stress is reduced in the case of UACS/Al compared with conventional CFRP/Al. Among all the cases, specimen with slit angle of 11.3o is the most impressive one with 37.7% reduction of thermal residual stress.

Tensile Strength of Multi-Year Pressure Ridge Sea Ice Samples

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. N. Cox ◽  
J. A. Richter-Menge
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Failure Strain ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Constant Strain Rate ◽  
Hydraulic Testing ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Tension Tests ◽  
Pressure Ridge ◽  
Two Temperatures ◽  
Testing Techniques

Thirty-six constant strain-rate uniaxial tension tests were performed on vertically oriented multi-year pressure ridge samples from the Beaufort Sea. The tests were performed on a closed-loop electro-hydraulic testing machine at two strain rates (10−5 and 10−3 s−1) and two temperatures (−20° and −5°C). This paper summarizes the sample preparation and testing techniques used in the investigation and presents data on the tensile strength, initial tangent modulus, and failure strain of the ice.

scholarly journals Application of Taguchi Robust Design for optimizing tensile strength response of Ukam-plant fibre reinforced cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) composite by the effects of control parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 039-050
Author(s):  
Nwigbo Solomon Chuka ◽  
Godwin Kingsley Obiazi ◽  
Ikebudu Kingsley Okechukwu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Property ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Robust Design ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Fibre Size ◽  
Plant Fibre ◽  
Taguchi Robust Design

This paper focuses on the application of Taguchi Robust Design to determine the optimum tensile strength of Ukam-Plant Fibre Reinforced CNSL Composite using indigenous or locally sourced vegetable or plant based natural fibres (Ukam-plant fibres) that are Lignocellulose as potential raw material. Tensile tests were conducted on the replicated samples of Ukam-Plant Fibre Reinforced CNSL Composite to obtain the optimum properties. Hounsfield Mosanto Tensometer, a universal testing machine was used to conduct tensile tests to determine the control factor levels quality characteristics considered necessary to optimize the mechanical property being investigated. Methodology of traditional and experimental design approach of Taguchi was used for the larger the better to obtain the highest signal to noise ratio (SN ratio) for the quality characteristic being investigated and also to correlate the control factors (fibre condition i.e. untreated, silane treated and alkaline treated, volume fraction and fibre size). Minitab 16 software was used for statistical analysis to fine-tune conclusions and produce quantitative estimates. The optimum settings were as follows: alkaline treatment, volume fraction of 50%, and 50mm of fibre size which resulted in 18.69MPa optimum tensile strength. The experimental results obtained agreed satisfactorily with the Minitab 16 software predictions. The mechanical property studied revealed that composite depends significantly on the reinforcement combination of control parameters.

The Effect of Twist on the Tensile Strength of Yarns with High Performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 453-458
Author(s):  
Ping Wang ◽  
Yan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Fabric Strength

Yarns with high performance are more and more widely used in geotextiles. In this paper, the author researched the effect of twist on the tensile behaviors of high performance yarns. Due to the superior tensile strength of these yarns, the tensile tests can’t be operated on the normal textile yarns testing machine and all yarns were tested on the fabric strength tester. The results reveal that the tensile strength of yarns will firstly increase, and then decrease with the increasing twist. The simple analyses were also proposed to demonstrate this phenomenon.

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