Enhanced fatigue behavior of a glass fiber reinforced hybrid particles modified epoxy nanocomposite under WISPERX spectrum load sequence

Manjunatha, CM and Ramesh , Bojja and Jagannathan, N and Kinloch, AJ and Taylor, AC (2013) Enhanced fatigue behavior of a glass fiber reinforced hybrid particles modified epoxy nanocomposite under WISPERX spectrum load sequence. International Journal of Fatigue, 54. pp. 25-31. ISSN 0142-1123

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Abstract

Two types of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites were fabricated viz., GFRP with neat epoxy matrix (GFRP-neat) and GFRP with hybrid modified epoxy matrix (GFRP-hybrid) containing 9 wt.% of rubber microparticles and 10 wt.% of silica nanoparticles. Fatigue tests were conducted on both the composites under WISPERX load sequence. The fatigue life of the GFRP-hybrid composite was about 4–5 times higher than that of GFRP-neat composite. The underlying mechanisms for improved fatigue performance are discussed. A reasonably good correlation was observed between the experimental fatigue life and the fatigue life predicted under spectrum loads.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Glass fiber composite Silica nanoparticle Rubber particle Spectrum fatigue
Subjects:	RENEWABLE ENERGY > Wind Energy ENGINEERING > Engineering (General) ENGINEERING > Mechanical Engineering ENGINEERING > Structural Mechanics
Depositing User:	Mr Jagannathan N
Date Deposited:	29 May 2013 04:17
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2015 08:05
URI:	http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/id/eprint/11702

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