scholarly journals Development of Glass/Jute Fibers Reinforced Polyester Composite

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Bindal ◽  
Satnam Singh ◽  
N. K. Batra ◽  
Rajesh Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Flexural Properties ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
Engineering Material ◽  
Jute Fibers ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Polyester Composite ◽  
Polyester Composites ◽  
Day By Day

Composites play significant role as engineering material and their use has been increasing day by day due to their specific properties such as high strength to weight ratios, high modulus to weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance. In present work, an attempt is made to hybridize the material using synthetic (glass) as well as natural fibres (chemically treated jute), such that to reduce the overall use of synthetic reinforcement, to reduce the overall cost, and to enhance the mechanical properties. All composite specimens with different weight percentages of fibres were manufactured using hand lay-up process and testing was done by using ASTM standards. Experimental results revealed that hybridization of composite with natural and synthetic fibres shows enhanced tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact strength. The content of natural reinforcement was found to be in the range of 25–33.3% for best results. The effect of treated jute on flexural properties was more than that on tensile properties, which was due to greater stiffness of jute fibers. Chemical treatment of jute fibers lowers the water absorption and results were comparable to glass fiber reinforced polyester composites. The addition of jute also reduced the overall cost by 22.18%.

Processing, Properties, and Uses of Lightweight Glass Fiber/Aluminum Hybrid Structures

2022 ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Noureddine Ramdani ◽  
Mohammed Seddik Razali
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Metallic Structures ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Processing Properties

The replacement of heavy metallic structures by high-performance lightweight composite materials is a prominent solution to fulfill the continuous demand in different industrial sectors. Lightweight structures based on aluminum-glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) sandwich panels have been increasingly utilized in the shipbuilding, automotive, and aerospace industries for their striking mechanical and physical properties. These advantageous properties have resulted from the combination of the high tensile and flexural strengths, increased hardness, and the improved wear-resistance of aluminum laminate with the unique properties of lightweight stiffness and high strength weight ratio of glass fiber-reinforced. In this chapter, the various processing approaches, properties, and applications of these sandwich structures are summarized from a wide range of literature.

Design, Fabrication and Experimental Analysis of Pandanus Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composite

2014 ◽  
Vol 984-985 ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
G. Veerakumar Vigneshwaran ◽  
Iyyadurai Jenish ◽  
Rajeshwaran Sivasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Compression Moulding ◽  
Weight Percentage ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
Water Treatment Process ◽  
Polyester Composite ◽  
Screw Pine

Due to the light weight, high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and other advantages, natural fibre based composites are becoming important composite materials in mechanical engineering fields. The current project emphasizes the newly identified Pandanus Fibre (Pandanus Fascicularis) which is extracted from the stem of screw pine tree by the manual water treatment process. The mechanical properties of chopped Pandanus fibre by Polyester composites are investigated and compared with the similar natural fibres in the fibre reinforced composite material field. The composite plates were fabricated with raw pandanus fibres by compression moulding method with varying weight percentage and lengths of fibre.

Analysis of the Fatigue Life of Composite Leaf Springs

2014 ◽  
Vol 611 ◽  
pp. 346-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Władysław Papacz ◽  
Edward Tertel ◽  
Peter Frankovský ◽  
Piotr Kuryło
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Leaf Spring ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Leaf Springs ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Composite Glass

The automobile industry has shown an increased interest in the use of composite leaf springs due to their high strength to weight ratio. The introduction of composite materials has made it possible to reduce the weight of the leaf spring without any reduction in load carrying capacity and stiffness. In this paper, the results of research on fatigue life of composite (Glass Fiber Reinforced plastic – GFRP) leaf springs are presented. Composite springs were designed in such a way that they could replace steel springs in a van.

scholarly journals Mechanical Characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles based on Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite

2021 ◽  
Vol 1206 (1) ◽  
pp. 012006
Author(s):  
Abhishek Singh ◽  
S. C. Jayswal
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Bending Stiffness ◽  
Flexural Properties ◽  
Nano Composite ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Nanotechnology has become the best truly developing innovation in the field of engineering science. Numerous examinations have been completed by different exploration researchers in the prior many years. In my examination work research, the impact of cross breed E-glass built up fiber with epoxy Nano composite. The Nano composite covers overlays were set up by hand layup procedures by shifting layers of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles of 0.6% individually. The nano added substances are utilized to improve the strength from destroy opposition, hardness of the polymer composite and high strength to weight ratio. The Nano composite laminates this prepared are characterized by the compression and flexural test. The flexural properties of the glass fiber built up plastic improved with expansion of nanoTiO2 filler particles. At 0.6 wt% of TiO2 and having 12 layers the force at yield is 327.99N and bending stiffness 63.11 N/mm and in 9 layers force at yield is 149.06 and bending stiffness 36.22 N/mm. True interfacial bonding b/w the fiber and epoxy turned into the primary motive for reaching higher flexural properties.

scholarly journals GFRP Stiffened Plate with Square Cutout under Axial and Out-of-Plane Load

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1185
Author(s):  
Rahima Shabeen Sirajudeen ◽  
Alagusundaramoorthy P
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Axial Load ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Oil Platforms ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Buckling Behavior ◽  
Out Of Plane

The high-strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance properties of glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites makes them potentially well-suited for application in ship structures, bridges and off-shore oil platforms. These structures are often formed by stiffened plates and are subjected to axial load and out-of-plane load. Cutouts and openings are provided in the plates for access and maintenance. The main objective of this study was to examine the buckling behavior of GFRP-stiffened composite plates with square cutouts under a combination of axial and out-of-plane load up to failure. Four blade-stiffened composite plates without a cutout and four with square cutout were fabricated with stiffeners as a continuous layup of the flange plate using glass fiber and epoxy resin. The initial geometric imperfections were measured, and plate imperfections (Δx), stiffener imperfections (Δsy) and overall imperfections (Δsx) were calculated from the measurements. All fabricated-stiffened composite plates were tested up to failure. The finite element model was developed in ANSYS software and validated with the experimental results. It was observed that GFRP-stiffened composite plates failed by stiffener compression/stiffener tension mode of failure. The presence of out-of-plane loads and cutouts reduced the axial load carrying capacity of the stiffened composite plates.

Experimental Test and Numerical Analysis of Old Masonry Walls Strengthened with Glass Fiber Reinforced Mineral Composite

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
George Taranu
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Masonry Walls ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Lime Mortar ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Limestone Sand ◽  
Stress And Strain Distribution

Masonry structures are commonly used in Romania and not only. This is due to its many advantages in terms of mechanical behavior based on increased capacity of stress redistribution. In addition to traditional strengthening solutions, composite materials are an advantageous alternative due to the high strength versus weight ratio. This paper presents an experimental and numerical analysis on old brick masonry specimens made with weak lime mortar and limestone sand, subjected to uniaxial compression. The results were compared with finite element numerical analysis in order to show stress distribution between brickwork and strengthening layers applied. Several forms of strengthening application relative to masonry faces (interior and exterior) were considered in the numerical analysis. The beneficial effect on the mechanical behavior of strengthened masonry in terms of stress and strain distribution of both masonry and strengthening layers is shown to be dependent on the thickness of the strengthening layer.

Energy Absorption Capability of Hybrid Tube Made by Mild Steel and GFRP under Quasi-Static Loading

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 2741-2746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Mehryari Lima ◽  
Z.N. Ismarrubie ◽  
E.S. Zainudin ◽  
S.H. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Static Loading ◽  
Resin Composite ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
Collapse Mechanism ◽  
Number Of Layers ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Circular Steel Tube

Hybrid tubes made by metal and composite combine the benefits of the high strength to weight ratio of the fiber/resin composite and the stable, ductile plastic collapse mechanism of the metal, to form a composite tube with high strength and energy absorption capability. The improvement of energy absorption parameters of circular steel tube as crash energy absorber that usually is used in automobile and train structures is studied in this paper. In order to improving energy absorption characteristics, circular steel tube wrapped by glass fiber reinforced polyester with different fiber orientation and various number of layers tested under axial quasi-static loading to achieve the optimum structure.

scholarly journals Characterization of Esthetic Orthodontic Wires Made from Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Containing High-Strength, Small-Diameter Glass Fibers

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Tanimoto ◽  
Toshihiro Inami ◽  
Masaru Yamaguchi ◽  
Kazutaka Kasai ◽  
Norio Hirayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Fiber Diameter ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Flexural Properties ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Orthodontic Wires ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced

In this work, we investigated the properties of a glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (GFRTP) composed of small-diameter (ϕ = 5 μm), high-strength glass (T-glass) fibers and polycarbonate for esthetic orthodontic wires formed using pultrusion. After fabricating such GFRTP round wires, the effects of varying fiber diameter (5 to 13 mm) on the mechanical properties, durabilities, and color stabilities were evaluated. The results showed that the mechanical properties of GFRTPs tend to increase with decreasing fiber diameter. Additionally, it was confirmed that the present GFRTP wires containing T-glass fibers have better flexural properties than previously reported GFRTP wires containing E-glass fibers. Meanwhile, thermocycling did not significantly affect the flexural properties of the GFRTP wires. Furthermore, the GFRTP wires showed color changes lower than the acceptable threshold level for color differences on immersion in coffee. From these results obtained in the present work, the GFRTP wires containing high-strength glass fibers have excellent properties for orthodontic applications. Our findings suggest that the GFRTPs might be applied to all phases of orthodontic treatment because their properties can be tuned by changing the fiber properties such as fiber type and diameter.

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