TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of polymer form and its consolidation on mechanical properties and quality of glass/PBT composites
AU - Durai Prabhakaran, R. T.
AU - Pillai, Saju
AU - Charca, Samuel
AU - Oshkovr, Simin Ataollahi
AU - Knudsen, Hans
AU - Andersen, Tom Løgstrup
AU - Bech, Jakob Ilsted
AU - Thomsen, Ole Thybo
AU - Lilholt, Hans
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work is a part of the project “Blade King” supported by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation. Special thanks to Aage Lystrup for assisting with the experimental work at the DTU Wind Energy - composite materials laboratory. The authors would also like to thank the material (resin) suppliers Cyclics Corporation, USA, Owens Corning, France, Ticona, Germany, and Jonam Composites ltd, UK, for their support and useful discussions in carrying out this research study.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - The aim of this study was to understand the role of the processing in determining the mechanical properties of glass fibre reinforced polybutylene terephthalate composites (Glass/PBT). Unidirectional (UD) composite laminates were manufactured by the vacuum consolidation technique using three different material systems included in this study; Glass/CBT (CBT160 powder based resin), Glass/PBT (prepreg tapes), and Glass/PBT (commingled yarns). The different types of thermoplastic polymer resin systems used for the manufacturing of the composite UD laminate dictate the differences in final mechanical properties which were evaluated by through compression, flexural and short beam transverse bending tests. Microscopy was used to evaluate the quality of the processed laminates, and fractography was used to characterize the observed failure modes. The study provides an improved understanding of the relationships between processing methods, resin characteristics, and mechanical performance of thermoplastic resin composite materials.
AB - The aim of this study was to understand the role of the processing in determining the mechanical properties of glass fibre reinforced polybutylene terephthalate composites (Glass/PBT). Unidirectional (UD) composite laminates were manufactured by the vacuum consolidation technique using three different material systems included in this study; Glass/CBT (CBT160 powder based resin), Glass/PBT (prepreg tapes), and Glass/PBT (commingled yarns). The different types of thermoplastic polymer resin systems used for the manufacturing of the composite UD laminate dictate the differences in final mechanical properties which were evaluated by through compression, flexural and short beam transverse bending tests. Microscopy was used to evaluate the quality of the processed laminates, and fractography was used to characterize the observed failure modes. The study provides an improved understanding of the relationships between processing methods, resin characteristics, and mechanical performance of thermoplastic resin composite materials.
KW - Compression properties
KW - Fractography
KW - Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
KW - Prepregs
KW - Thermoplastic composites
KW - Vacuum consolidation
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U2 - 10.1007/s10443-013-9340-9
DO - 10.1007/s10443-013-9340-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84903268665
SN - 0929-189X
VL - 21
SP - 301
EP - 324
JO - Applied Composite Materials
JF - Applied Composite Materials
IS - 2
ER -