Effects of Coupling Agent Concentration and Hygrothermal Ageing on the Fracture Behaviour of Glass Woven Fabric-Reinforced Vinyl Ester Laminates
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Abstract
The Charpy impact test has been employed to study the fracture toughness and failure mechanisms of E-glass woven fabric reinforced vinyl ester matrix composites with five different types of fibre surface treatment. The results revealed significant dependency of the impact fracture toughness values on silane coupling agents and hygrothermal ageing. Failure mechanisms were characterized using a scanning electron microscope, and correlated with the measured fracture toughness, temperature and water absorption.
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OpenAlex topics: Mechanical Behavior of Composites · Fiber-reinforced polymer composites · Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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