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Study of mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of laminated composites of glass and jute fibres in epoxy for structural applications

Chandel, Pankaj Singh and Tyagi, Y. K. and Jha, Kanishk and Kumar, Rajeev and Sharma, Shubham and Singh, Jujhar and Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad (2021) Study of mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of laminated composites of glass and jute fibres in epoxy for structural applications. Functional Composites and Structures, 3 (4). ISSN 2631-6331

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2631-6331/ac376e

Abstract

Composites are being used in the place of metals in many industries as they have a lower density and are cheaper than metals. In aerospace industries there is requirement for light weight together with strength, and reinforced fibre composites are superior in some critical properties compared with metals. In this study, laminated composites were fabricated with woven E-glass and jute fibres in an epoxy matrix by a hand layup method. The samples were prepared as per the relevant the America Society for Testing ad Materials (ASTM) standard and tested for mode II interlaminar fracture toughness to investigate delamination resistance. Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness was evaluated by an end-notched flexure test using three-point bending. The fracture toughness GIIC was calculated for a curing temperature range from 40 ◦C to 70 ◦C at intervals of 5 ◦C for different sets of laminated composites. The investigations revealed that when the curing temperature of laminated composites was increased from 40 ◦C to 70 ◦C, the interlaminar fracture toughness GIIC was increased in neat woven E-glass laminated composites, decreased in neat jute laminated composites, significantly increased in laminated composites with woven E-glass fibres in compression and jute fibres in tension and slightly increased when woven E-glass fibres were kept in tension and jute fibres in compression.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:delamination, epoxy resin, fracture toughness, jute fibre
Subjects:Q Science > Q Science (General)
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:Chemical and Energy Engineering
ID Code:95883
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:22 Jun 2022 06:35
Last Modified:22 Jun 2022 06:35

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