Fatigue behaviour of a hybrid particle modified fiberglass/epoxy composite under a helicopter spectrum load sequence
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Author(s)
Jagannathan, N
Bojja, R
Manjunatha, CM
Taylor, AC
Kinloch, AJ
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The fatigue life of a glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) hybrid composite containing 9 wt.% of rubber microparticles and 10 wt.% of silica nanoparticles in the epoxy matrix, under a standard helicopter rotor spectrum load sequence was determined and observed to be about three times higher than that of GFRP with unmodified epoxy matrix. The underlying mechanisms for the observed improvements in spectrum fatigue life of GFRP-hybrid composite are discussed.
Date Issued
2013-01-01
Date Acceptance
2013-07-23
Citation
Advanced Composites Letters, 2013, 22 (3), pp.52-56
ISSN
0963-6935
Publisher
Woodhead Publishing Limited
Start Page
52
End Page
56
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Composites Letters
Volume
22
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© Copyright 2013 Advanced Composites Letters.
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Composites
Materials Science
glass fibre composite
silica nanoparticle
rubber particle
spectrum fatigue
LIFE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY
FABRIC REINFORCED EPOXY
STIFFNESS DEGRADATION
FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS
CYCLIC FATIGUE
RUBBER
PERFORMANCE
DIAGRAMS
MATRIX
Publication Status
Published