Enhanced fatigue behavior of a glass fiber reinforced hybrid particles modified epoxy nanocomposite under WISPERX spectrum load sequence
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Manjunatha, CM
Bojja, R
Jagannathan, N
Kinloch, AJ
Taylor, AC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Two types of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites were fabricated viz., GFRP with neat epoxy matrix (GFRP-neat) and GFRP with hybrid modified epoxy matrix (GFRP-hybrid) containing 9 wt.% of rubber microparticles and 10 wt.% of silica nanoparticles. Fatigue tests were conducted on both the composites under WISPERX load sequence. The fatigue life of the GFRP-hybrid composite was about 4–5 times higher than that of GFRP-neat composite. The underlying mechanisms for improved fatigue performance are discussed. A reasonably good correlation was observed between the experimental fatigue life and the fatigue life predicted under spectrum loads.
Date Issued
2013-04-20
Date Acceptance
2013-04-11
Citation
International Journal of Fatigue, 2013, 54, pp.25-31
ISSN
1879-3452
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
25
End Page
31
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Fatigue
Volume
54
Copyright Statement
© 2013, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000321091300004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Mechanical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Materials Science
ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Glass fiber composite
Silica nanoparticle
Rubber particle
Spectrum fatigue
VARIABLE-AMPLITUDE FATIGUE
FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS
STIFFNESS DEGRADATION
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES
COMPOSITE-MATERIALS
CARBON NANOFIBERS
RUBBER PARTICLES
LIFE PREDICTION
CYCLIC FATIGUE
MATRIX
Publication Status
Published