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Effect of Plasma Treatment of Polyethylene Fibers on Interface and ementitious Composite Properties
Author(s) -
Li Victor C.,
Wu HwaiChung,
Chan YinWen
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07932.x
Subject(s) - composite material , composite number , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , polyethylene , fiber , hardening (computing) , layer (electronics)
It is well known that interfaces in composites play an important role in determining composite properties. In this paper, preliminary results of the improvement in tensile properties of a fiber‐reinforced cementitious composite due to plasma treatment of the discontinuous polyethylene fibers are reported. Specific focus is placed on the pseudo strain‐hardening composite properties induced by fiber reinforcements and associated load transfer from crackbridging fibers to matrix. Single fiber pullout tests support that the composite property improvement is indeed derived from interfacial property enhancement of the plasma treatment process.