Effects of edge grinding and sealing on mechanical properties of machine damaged laminate composites

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Asmatulu, Ramazan
Yeoh, Jason
Alarifi, Ibrahim M.
Alharbi, Abdulaziz
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2016-04-12
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Conference paper
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Fiber reinforced composites , Fabrication and machine damages , Edge grinding and sealing , Mechanical strengths
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Ramazan Asmatulu ; Jason Yeoh ; Ibrahim M. Alarifi and Abdulaziz Alharbi " Effects of edge grinding and sealing on mechanical properties of machine damaged laminate composites ", Proc. SPIE 9804, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure 2016, 98042G (April 12, 2016)
Abstract

Fiber reinforced composites have been utilized for a number of different applications, including aircraft, wind turbine, automobile, construction, manufacturing, and many other industries. During the fabrication, machining (waterjet, diamond and band saws) and assembly of these laminate composites, various edge and hole delamination, fiber pullout and other micro and nanocracks can be formed on the composite panels. The present study mainly focuses on the edge grinding and sealing of the machine damaged fiber reinforced composites, such as fiberglass, plain weave carbon fiber and unidirectional carbon fiber. The MTS tensile test results confirmed that the composite coupons from the grinding process usually produced better and consistent mechanical properties compared to the waterjet cut samples only. In addition to these studies, different types of high strength adhesives, such as EPON 828 and Loctite were applied on the edges of the prepared composite coupons and cured under vacuum. The mechanical tests conducted on these coupons indicated that the overall mechanical properties of the composite coupons were further improved. These processes can lower the labor costs on the edge treatment of the composites and useful for different industrial applications of fiber reinforced composites.

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SPIE
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Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure;2016
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0277-786X
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