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Evaluation of the stiffening mechanism based on micro-sized particle inclusions in laminated composites

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posted on 2019-10-23, 05:21 authored by Aluizio Heleno Ribeiro Junior, Juan Eduardo Gomez, Devin Wayne Hale, Maikson Luiz Passaia Tonatto, Tulio Hallak Panzera, Carlos Thomas, Fabrizio Scarpa

Rigid particles have been incorporated into laminated composites, especially to enhance their bending performance attributed to the stiffening of the matrix phase (i) and the increased interlaminar shear resistance (ii). In order to better evaluate the improvement mechanism provided by the particulate inclusions, this work investigates the incorporation of micro-sized silica on the top, bottom and both surfaces of glass fibre laminates, mitigating the interference of the interlocking effect. Three-point bending, and impact tests are performed to evaluate the hybrid glass fibre composites containing 5, 7.5 and 10 wt% of micro silica. In addition, the effect of the micro silica particles into epoxy polymers is verified under tensile, compressive and abrasion tests. A finite element model is developed to simulate the three-point bending test and to better assess the behaviour of the composite laminate. Although silica particles lead to increased compressive modulus of the epoxy polymers, their positive effect on glass fibre composites under flexural loads is more evident when placed on the bottom side of the laminates subjected to the maximum tensile stress. The incorporation of 7.5 wt% silica microparticles at the bottom surface of the laminates achieves higher flexural strength and lower impact resistance.

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