TP18 : Evaluation Of Mechanical Properties Of Aluminium-Composite Tubes By Filament Winding And Hand Lay-Up Method For Used In Automobile Industry
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Chemical and Materials Engineering > MSc > 2018
Authors:
Hani Yadegari [Author], Reza Taherian[Supervisor], Soheil Darushi [Supervisor]
Abstarct: Tubular safety structures are made in order to decrease the injury of passengers. The researchers previously have made these tubes from lightweight aluminum, and then made of composite materials to enhance the strength against bending loads. These tubes, although contain a high flexural strength, but break in the zone of elastic deformation. Due to the weak failure behavior of these tubes, the research approach is directed to the hybrid tubes. Thin-walled hybrid tubes (containing aluminium tube coverd by composite) with circular cross-section are produced by filament winding and hand-layup methods to improve flexural strength and fracture behavior. In filament winding, the filaments are impregnated by epoxy resin and are wound by angle of 25°. Finally, the tubes are cured at 100 °C for 2 hours. Charactrizations are performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), bending, fatigue, and compression tests. Fibers microstructures, fracture cross-sections, as well as defects such as cracks, delamination, fragmentation and tear are investigated by SEM analysis. In the compression test, the results show that by increasing the composite thickness, the compressive strength increase. The compressive strength of carbon tubes is also increased compared to glass fiber. In the fatigue test, it is observed that the epoxy/CF tubes, due to higher flexibility and elasticity modulus, tolerate more fatigue cycles in comparison to the glass fiber tube.
Keywords:
#Tubes #Composite #Aluminum #Carbon and Glass Hybrid Fiber #Epoxy Resin #Filament winding #Failure Analysis #Flexural Strength #Compressive Strength #Fatigue Strength Link
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