ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF TERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES

Authors : Ali Taner KUZU, Elifnur KÖSEMEN, Aysu Hande YÜCEL, Mustafa BAKKAL

Pages : 7-12

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Publication Date : 2022-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper presents the effect of fiber orientation on the tensile, compression, impact, and flexural properties of glass fiber reinforced acrylic-based thermoplastic composites. The mechanical behavior of three different composite plates, produced by the resin transfer molding insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RTM); method, with 0o/90o/45o, 0o/90o and ±45o glass fiber orientations were investigated by carrying out tensile, compression, three-point bending and Charpy impact tests. A Weibull distribution model was implemented to explain the variation in mechanical properties of the acrylic-based composite. According to Weibull analysis results with 63.2% probability, the highest tensile strength insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(561 MPa);, compressive strength insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(293 MPa); and impact values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(19.44 J); were obtained when the plate with 0o/90o glass fiber orientation was tested, whereas the highest flexural strength was obtained when the plate with 0o/90o/45o was tested.
Keywords : composites, mechanical testing, thermoplastic matrix