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Damage development in a noncrimp‐glass fabric reinforced epoxy composite material
Author(s) -
CruzSantos G.,
RodríguezLaviada J.,
RiosSoberanis C.R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.20751
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , epoxy , diglycidyl ether , composite number , glass fiber , ultimate tensile strength , fracture (geology) , textile , composite laminates , thermoplastic , fibre reinforced plastic , polyester , polyetherimide , stacking , polymer , bisphenol a , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance
The relationship between textile architecture and the damage sequence under tensile loading has been investigated experimentally for a composite material reinforced with a noncrimp glass‐fiber textile of configuration [0°, +45°, 90°, −45°] stacking sequence based on epoxy resin matrix cured with high‐temperature hardener. The system chosen for this work consists of a bifunctional epoxy, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, cured with a tetrafunctional amine, diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS). This system ensures to obtain a rigid material with excellent mechanical properties in order to observe, analyze, and identify the process and progress of the generated damage and the failure mechanism which leads to the materials fracture. The properties have been studied for each ply direction at 0°, +45°, 90°, and −45° in order to make a comparative assessment of the influence of the polyester (PES) yarns in zig‐zag and unidirectional geometry, that hold together the four plies in the textile, in the composite damage generation. The laminates were uniaxially tensile loaded until final fracture occurred. It was found that PES threads have an effect on cracking progression depending on the textile orientation. POLYM. COMPOS., 2009. © 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers