Development of Glass Fiber Composite with Secondary Inter laminar Nanofiber Optimization and Reinforcement to improve impact strength.
Abstract
Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) have demonstrated their structural efficiency since their successful adoption in high-speed trains in Japan during the 1980s. Owing to their lightweight nature, high specific strength, superior corrosion resistance, and cost effectiveness, FRPs have gained extensive applications in the automobile, aerospace, high-speed transportation, and construction industries. The present research focuses on the development and characterization of lightweight, high-strength fiber-glass composite laminates suitable for construction applications. Advanced laminated composites are fabricated using the Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) process, incorporating electrospun interlaminar nanofibers to enhance mechanical performance. Nano-layered and conventional fiberglass composite laminates are developed and experimentally evaluated, with particular emphasis on impact strength. A comparative assessment is carried out to understand the influence of electrospun nanofiber interlayers on energy absorption and damage resistance. The versatility of the VARTM process allows scope for extending this research to various synthetic fibers and advanced composite systems for future construction applications.
References
202-207; “Mechanical properties in glass fibre PVC-foam sandwich structures from different chopped fibre interfacial reinforcement
through vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM)
processing.”
[2] MasoudBodaghi, Ricardo Costa, Rui Gomes, Joao Silva,
NunoCorreia, Fernando Silva. Composites Part A 129 (2020) 105708; “Experimental comparative study of the variants of high-temperature vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding”
[3] Qiyong Yu, Yan Zhao, Anqi Dong, Ye Li ,Composites Part B 136 (2018) 126-134; “Mechanical properties of EPS filled synthetic foams prepared by VARTM”
[4] Dominik Bender, Jens Schuster, Dirk Heider, Composites Science and Technology 66 (2006) 2265-2271;“Flow rate control during vacuumassisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM) processing”
[5] KundavarapuVengalrao, KopparthiPhaneendraKumar, DasariVenkata Ravi Shanker, NadendlaSrinivasababu, AerraKiran Kumar Yadav, Materials Today 4 (2017) 9196-9202; “An Investigation on the Quality of the Laminates Produced by VARTM Process & Process parameters”
[6] G. Struzziero, J.J.E. Teuwen; Composites Part A 123 (2019) 25-36; “Effect of convection coefficient and thickness on optimal cure cycles for the manufacturing of wind turbine components using VARTM”
[7] S.vanOosterom, T.Allen, M.Battley, S.Bickerton; Composites part A 125 (2019) 105528; “An objective comparison of common vacuum assisted resin infusion processes”
[8] M.AkifYalcinkaya, E. MuratSozer, M. CengizAltan; Composites Part A 121 (2019)353-36; “Effect of external pressure and resin flushing on reduction of process-induced voids and enhancement of laminate quality in heated-VARTM”
[9] M. AkifYalcinkaya, E. MuratSozer, M. CengizAltan; Composites part A 102 (2017)336-346;
[10] “Fabrication of high-quality composite laminates by pressurized and heated-VARTM “
[11] JagadishChandra BoseK., ThiagarajanA.,NagaVenkateshD;“Effects of ZnOnano reinforcements in the polymer matrix on the GFRP composites fabricated through VARTM”
[12] S. Malla,D.W. Katwyk, R.L. Bolick, A.D. Kelkar, D.C. Davis ; Composite Structures 90 (2009) 201-207;“Tension-compression fatigue behaviour of a H-VARTM manufactured unnotchedand notched carbon/epoxy composite”
[13] Fumihito Takeda, Kengo Hayashi, YasuoSuga Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Technical review Vol. 42 No. 5 (Dec. 2005) ;”Research in application of the VARTM technique to the fabrication of primary Aircraft composite structures”.
[14] John M. Bayldon , Isaac M. Daniel , Composite : Part A 40 (2009) 1044 – 1052; “Flow modeling of the VARTM process including progressive saturation effects”.
[15] Jeffrey A. Acheson ,PavelSimacek, Suresh G. Advani , Composite : Part A 35 (2004) 159– 169;“The implications of fiber compaction and saturation on fully coupled VARTM simulation.”
[16] SanjaySoni,R.S.Rana,BrajendraSingh,SaraswatiRana,MaterialsToday: Proceedings5(2018)4050–4058, “Synthesis and Characterization of Epoxy based Hybrid CompositeReinforcedwithGlassFiberand MilledCarbon”
[17] M.R.Sanjay,B.Yogesha, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 2016, 4, 15-25, “Studies on Mechanical Properties ofJute/E-Glass Fiber Reinforced
EpoxyHybridComposites”
[18] DanutaMatykiewicz,Materials,11April2020,“HybridEpoxyComposite swithBothPowderandFiber Filler:A Review of Mechanical andThermomechanicalProperties
[19] K.HariRamand. EdwinRaj, AdvancedMaterialsResearchVols.984985(2014)pp285-290, “Synthesis and Mechanical Characterization of Sisal-Epoxy and Hybrid-Epoxy Composites in Comparison with Conventional Fiber Glass-EpoxyComposite
[20] S.M.J. Razavi, R. EsmaeelyNeisiany, S. NouriKhorasani, S. Ramakrishna, F. Berto, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters 8
(2018) 126-131 “Effect of neat and reinforced polyacrylonitrilenanofibers incorporation oninterlaminar fracture toughness of carbon/epoxy composite.”
[21] Dipen Kumar Rajak, Pratiksha H. Wagh, Hassan Moustabchir, Catalin I. Pruncu; Forces in Mechanics 4 (2021) 100029; “Improving the tensile and flexural properties of reinforced epoxy composites by using cobalt filled and carbon/glass fiber”.
[22] NurulHidayahIsmail, John O. Akindoyo, M. Mariatti; Composites Part A 139 (2020) 106091; “Solvent mediated dispersion of carbon nanotubes for glass fiber surface modification – Suspensions stability and its effects on mechanical, interlaminar and dynamic mechanical properties of modified glass fiber reinforced epoxy laminates”
[23] QianLia, Yan Lia, ZhongsenZhanga, LiminZhoub; Composites Part A 135 (2020) 105911; “Multi-layer interfacial fatigue and interlaminar fracture behaviours for sisal fiber reinforced composites with nano- and macro-scale analysis”
To ensure uniformity of treatment among all contributors, other forms may not be substituted for this form, nor may any wording of the form be changed. This form is intended for original material submitted to AJCT and must accompany any such material in order to be published by AJCT. Please read the form carefully.
The undersigned hereby assigns to the Asian Journal of Convergence in Technology Issues ("AJCT") all rights under copyright that may exist in and to the above Work, any revised or expanded derivative works submitted to AJCT by the undersigned based on the Work, and any associated written, audio and/or visual presentations or other enhancements accompanying the Work. The undersigned hereby warrants that the Work is original and that he/she is the author of the Work; to the extent the Work incorporates text passages, figures, data or other material from the works of others, the undersigned has obtained any necessary permission. See Retained Rights, below.
AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES
AJCT distributes its technical publications throughout the world and wants to ensure that the material submitted to its publications is properly available to the readership of those publications. Authors must ensure that The Work is their own and is original. It is the responsibility of the authors, not AJCT, to determine whether disclosure of their material requires the prior consent of other parties and, if so, to obtain it.
RETAINED RIGHTS/TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Authors/employers retain all proprietary rights in any process, procedure, or article of manufacture described in the Work.
2. Authors/employers may reproduce or authorize others to reproduce The Work and for the author's personal use or for company or organizational use, provided that the source and any AJCT copyright notice are indicated, the copies are not used in any way that implies AJCT endorsement of a product or service of any employer, and the copies themselves are not offered for sale.
3. Authors/employers may make limited distribution of all or portions of the Work prior to publication if they inform AJCT in advance of the nature and extent of such limited distribution.
4. For all uses not covered by items 2 and 3, authors/employers must request permission from AJCT.
5. Although authors are permitted to re-use all or portions of the Work in other works, this does not include granting third-party requests for reprinting, republishing, or other types of re-use.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
AJCT Copyright Ownership
It is the formal policy of AJCT to own the copyrights to all copyrightable material in its technical publications and to the individual contributions contained therein, in order to protect the interests of AJCT, its authors and their employers, and, at the same time, to facilitate the appropriate re-use of this material by others.
Author/Employer Rights
If you are employed and prepared the Work on a subject within the scope of your employment, the copyright in the Work belongs to your employer as a work-for-hire. In that case, AJCT assumes that when you sign this Form, you are authorized to do so by your employer and that your employer has consented to the transfer of copyright, to the representation and warranty of publication rights, and to all other terms and conditions of this Form. If such authorization and consent has not been given to you, an authorized representative of your employer should sign this Form as the Author.
Reprint/Republication Policy
AJCT requires that the consent of the first-named author and employer be sought as a condition to granting reprint or republication rights to others or for permitting use of a Work for promotion or marketing purposes.
GENERAL TERMS
1. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and execute this assignment.
2. The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless AJCT from any damage or expense that may arise in the event of a breach of any of the warranties set forth above.
3. In the event the above work is accepted and published by AJCT and consequently withdrawn by the author(s), the foregoing copyright transfer shall become null and void and all materials embodying the Work submitted to AJCT will be destroyed.
4. For jointly authored Works, all joint authors should sign, or one of the authors should sign as authorized agent
for the others.
Licenced by :
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
