scholarly journals Adhesively bonded joints of jute, glass and hybrid jute/glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites for automotive industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. M. de Queiroz ◽  
M. D. Banea ◽  
D. K. K. Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Failure Load ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Bonded Joint ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer

AbstractNatural fibre-reinforced composites have attracted a great deal of attention by the automotive industry mainly due to their sustainable characteristics and low cost. The use of sustainable composites is expected to continuously increase in this area as the cost and weight of vehicles could be partially reduced by replacing glass fibre composites and aluminium with natural fibre composites. Adhesive bonding is the preferred joining method for composites and is increasingly used in the automotive industry. However, the literature on natural fibre reinforced polymer composite adhesive joints is scarce and needs further investigation. The main objective of this study was to investigate experimentally adhesively bonded joints made of natural, synthetic and interlaminar hybrid fibre-reinforced polymer composites. The effect of the number of the interlaminar synthetic layers required in order to match the bonded joint efficiency of a fully synthetic GFRP bonded joint was studied. It was found that the failure load of the hybrid jute/glass adherend joints increased by increasing the number of external synthetic layers (i.e. the failure load of hybrid 3-layer joint increased by 28.6% compared to hybrid 2-layer joint) and reached the pure synthetic adherends joints efficiency due to the optimum compromise between the adherend material property (i.e. stiffness and strength) and a diminished bondline peel stress state.

Experimental analysis of adhesively bonded joints in synthetic- and natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1245-1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
HFM de Queiroz ◽  
MD Banea ◽  
DKK Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Lap Joints ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer

The application of adhesively bonded joints in automotive industry has increased significantly in recent years mainly because of the potential for lighter weight vehicles, fuel savings and reduced emissions. The use of composites in making automotive body components to achieve a reduced vehicle mass has also continuously increased. Natural fibre composites have recently attracted a great deal of attention by the automotive industry due to their many attractive benefits (e.g. high strength-to-weight ratio, sustainable characteristics and low cost). However, the literature on natural fibre-reinforced polymer composite adhesive joints is scarce and needs further investigation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the mechanical performance of adhesively bonded joints made of synthetic- and natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites. Similar and dissimilar single lap joints bonded with a modern tough structural adhesive used in the automotive industry, as well as the epoxy resin AR260 (the same resin used in composite fabrication) were tested. It was found that the average failure loads varied significantly with adhesive material strength and adherend stiffness. Furthermore, it was also observed that failure mode has a significant effect in failure load. The jute-based natural fibre composites joints, both hybrid and purely natural, were superior in strength compared to the sisal-based natural composites joints.

Stress Analysis of Bonded Joint Using Solid Element Combinations

2013 ◽  
Vol 467 ◽  
pp. 332-337
Author(s):  
Xiao Cong He
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Mechanical Behaviour ◽  
Adhesive Layer ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Triangular Prism ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Bonded Joint

This paper describes some finite element combinations to analyse the mechanical behaviour of bonded joints. In finite element models five layers of solid elements were used across the adhesive layer in order to increase the accuracy of the results. The finite elements were refined gradually in steps from adherends to adhesive layer. In these models, most of the adherends and adhesive were modeled using solid brick elements but some solid triangular prism elements were used for a smooth transition. Comparisons are performed between different types of first-order element combinations in order to find a suitable model to predict the mechanical behaviour of adhesively bonded joints.

Structural behaviour of pultruded fibre composites guardrail system under horizontal loading

2015 ◽  
Vol 232 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Manalo ◽  
Mac Pac
Keyword(s):  
Failure Load ◽  
Fibre Composite ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Structural Behaviour ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Fall From Height ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fibre Reinforced

Fibre composite guardrails are increasingly being used to ensure safety of workers from fall-from-height incidents due to its high strength, high corrosion resistance and low maintenance. In this study, the structural behaviour of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) guardrail was evaluated following AS1657-1992. GFRP guardrail systems mounted on top and side of a steel beam with different joint connectors are loaded horizontally to top of the guardrail post and to the middle of the guardrail member. The results showed that the guardrail system with joints connected with either polypin or rivets combined with epoxy exhibited 20% higher failure load and almost double the stiffness than those connected using polypin or rivets alone. The side-mounted guardrail failed due to failure of the base connector while the guardrail mounted on top of the beam failed at the joints indicating that the structural behaviour of GFRP guardrail system is affected mainly by the type of joints.

Failure of dissimilar material bonded joints

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Konstantakopoulou ◽  
A. Deligianni ◽  
G. Kotsikos
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Cracking ◽  
Fusion Welding ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Stress Cracking ◽  
Bonded Joint ◽  
Mechanical And Physical Properties ◽  
Bond Interface

Joining of materials in structural design has always been a challenge for engineers. Bolting and riveting has been used for many years, until the emergence of fusion welding which revolutionised construction in areas such as shipbuilding, automotive, infrastructure and consumer goods. Extensive research in the past 50 years has resulted in better understanding of the process and minimised the occurrence of failures associated with fusion welding such as, residual stress cracking, stress corrosion and corrosion fatigue cracking, localised reduction in mechanical properties due to microstructural changes (heat affected zone) etc. Bonding has been a technique that has been proposed as an alternative because it eliminates several of the problems associated with fusion welding. But, despite some applications it has not seen wide use. There is however a renewed interest in adhesively bonded joints, as designers look for ever more efficient structures which inevitably leads to the use and consequently joining of combinations of lightweight materials, often with fundamentally different mechanical and physical properties. This chapter provides a review of adhesively bonded joints and reports on improvements to bonded joint strength through the introduction of carbon nanotubes at the bond interface. Results from various workers in the field are reported as well as the findings of the authors in this area of research. It is obvious that there are several challenges that need to be addressed to further enhance the strength of bonded joints and worldwide research is currently underway to address those shortcomings and build confidence in the implementation of these new techniques.

Stress Distribution of Bonded Joint with Rubbery Adhesives

2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 3427-3430
Author(s):  
Xiao Cong He
Keyword(s):  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Stress Component ◽  
Adhesive Layer ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Shear Stress Component ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Bonded Joint ◽  
Stress Components

This paper deals with the stress distribution in adhesively bonded joints with rubbery adhesives. The 3-D finite element analysis (FEA) software was used to model the joint and predict the stress distribution along the whole joint. The FEA results indicated that there are stress discontinuities existing in the stress distribution within the adhesive layer and adherends at the lower interface and the upper interface of the boded section for most of the stress components. The FEA results also show that the stress field in the whole joint is dominated by the normal stresses components S11, S33 and the shear stress component S13. The features and variations of these critical stresses components are discussed.

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