Glass fiber reinforced composite

Goettler, R.W. and Faber, K.T. (1989). Interfacial shear stress in fiber-reinforced glasses. Composites Sci. Technol. 37, 129-147. 

Liquid rubbers In order to improve the flexibihty of short glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, Kaynak et al. [53] modified the epoxy resin matrix with hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) liquid mbber. A silane coupling agent was also used to improve the interfacial adhesion between glass fibers and epoxy matrix. However, Humpidge et al. [54] reported some unique processing problems for the resulting pasty mixmres when short textile fibers were incorporated in a hquid mbber medium. 

Ramsteiner, F. and Theysohn, R The influence of fiber diameter on the tensile behavior of short-glass fiber reinforced polymers, Composites Sci. Technol., 24, 231-240 (1985). 

Brink, A. E., Glass fiber reinforced polyester composites, presentation given at the Gordon Conference on Composites, Ventura, CA, 10-15 January, 1997. 

Fu SY, Lauke B, Mader E, Yue CY, Hu X. Tensile properties of short-glass-fiber- and short-carbon-fiber-reinforced polypropylene composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 2000 31(10) 1117-25. 

Drumm, C.A. and Ulicny, J.C. (1989). Analysis of coating on glass fiber reinforcements. Polym. Composites 10. 44-51. 

Michalske, T.A. and Hellmann, J. (1988). Strength and toughness of continuous alumina fiber reinforced glass matrix composites. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 71, 725 731. 

Vaidya, R.U., Fernando, J., Chawla, K.K. and Ferber, M.K. (1992). Effect of fiber coating on the mechanical properties of a Nextel-480 fiber reinforced glass matrix composites. Mater. Sci. Eng. A151, 161 169. 

Sato N., Kurauchi T., and Kamigaito O. (1985). In situ SEM observation of fracture in short glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites. In Fracture Mechanics Sixteenth Symposium, ASTM STP 868 (M.F. Kanninen and A.T. Hopper, eds.), ASTM, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 493-503. 

Solar, M.A. and Belzunce, F.J. (1989). Fracture toughness and R-curves of glass fiber reinforced polyester. Composites 20. 120-124. 

Voss H. and Friedrich K. (1986). Fracture and fatigue of short glass fiber reinforced PTFE composites. J. Mater. Sci. Lett. 5, 569-572. 

GFRP Symbols and abbreviations glass fiber reinforced polymer composites... 

As first described in Section 1.4.2, there are a number of ways of further classifying fiber-matrix composites, such as according to the fiber and matrix type—for example, glass-fiber-reinforced polymer composites (GFRP) or by fiber orientation. In this section, we utilize all of these combinations to describe the mechanical properties of some important fiber-reinforced composites. Again, not all possible combinations are covered, but the principles involved are applicable to most fiber-reinforced composites. We begin with some theoretical aspects of strength and modulus in composites. 

The effect of fiber diameter on the tensile strength of a glass-fiber-reinforced polystyrene composite is shown in Figure 5.100. Some reinforcements also have a distribution of fiber diameters that can affect properties. Recall from the previous section that the fiber aspect ratio (length/diameter) is an important parameter in some mechanical property correlations. 

Boccaccini, A.R., Strutt, A.J., Vecchio, A.S., Mendoza, D., Chawla, K.K., Ponton, C.B., Pearce, D.H. (1998), Behaviour of Nicalon -fiber-reinforced glass-matrix composites under thermal cycling conditions , Composites, 29A, 1343-1352. 

K. M. Prewo, Silicon Carbide Fiber-Reinforced Glass-Ceramic Composite Tensile Behavior at Elevated Temperature, J. Mat. Sci., 24,1373 (1989). 

R. F. Cooper and K. Chyung, Structure and Chemistry of Fibre-Matrix Interfaces in Silicon Carbide Fiber-Reinforced Glass-Ceramic Composites An Electron Microscopy Study, J. Mater. Sci., 22, 3148-3160 (1987). 

J. J. Brennan, Interfacial Studies of SiC Fiber Reinforced Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composites, Final Report R87-917546-4 on ONR Contract N00014-82-C-0096, October, 1987. 

J. J. Brennan, Glass and Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composites, in Fiber Reinforced Glass-Ceramics, ed. K. S. Mazkiyasni, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1990, Chapter 8. 

The strength of the fiber-matrix interface is one of the key parameters responsible for the stress-strain behavior and damage tolerance of ceramic composites. Two different types of tests are available to measure the fiber-matrix interfacial properties in fiber-reinforced ceramic composites. The first is based on an indentation technique to either push the individual fiber into or through the matrix. The second test method relies on pulling a single fiber out of a matrix. These methods have been compared59 to one another for a glass matrix material, and yield similar results. 

D. F. Hasson and S. G. Fishman, Impact Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites, in High Temperature High Performance Composites, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 120, eds. F. D. Lemkey, S. G. Fishman, A. G. Evans, and J. R. Strife, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988, pp. 285-290. 

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