Tensile and Impact Properties of Woven Glass Fibers/Epoxy Composites Filled with Short Glass Fibers
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https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.5.9Keywords:
Hybrid Composites, Interleaf, Mechanical Properties, Resin-Rich Region, Short Glass Fibers, Woven Glass FibersAbstract
Glass fiber/polymer composites are widely utilized in many structural applications because of their high specific strength and stiffness-to-weight ratios. In this study, woven glass fiber/epoxy was hybridized with short glass fibers of different lengths (2, 4, 6, 2+4, 2+6, and 4+6 mm) and contents (3, 6, 9, and 12 wt%) to produce hybrid woven SGF/epoxy composites. Variations in the thickness, fiber volume fraction, density, and void content of the prepared composites were determined. Mechanical tests such as tensile and Charpy impact tests were conducted. Compared to the woven fabric composites without short glass fibers (control samples), the tensile strength increased by approximately 13% at an optimum weight fraction of 3 wt% using short glass fiber lengths of 4 mm. Meanwhile, the incorporation of short glass fibers into the woven glass composites decreased the tensile modulus for all lengths. The maximum enhancement in the impact strength (approximately 14%) was achieved by the hybrid composite samples reinforced with 4 mm of short glass fibers at 3 wt%. This hybrid composite offers 18% and 20% improvements in the specific tensile and impact strengths, respectively. In summary, filling the woven fabric composites with specified short fiber contents and lengths can increase their mechanical performance when resin-rich regions are reinforced with short fibers without forming relatively thick interleaves between the woven fabric plies
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