Article,
The impact of the fiber volume fraction on the fatigue performance of glass fiber composites
Contributors
Mortensen, Ulrich Andreas
0000-0003-3886-9433
[1]
Rasmussen, Steffen
0000-0001-8197-8243
[1]
Mikkelsen, Lars Pilgaard
0000-0002-6323-4395
(Corresponding author)
[1]
Fraisse, Anthony
0000-0003-1492-1145
[1]
Andersen, Tom Løgstrup
0000-0002-4998-6603
[1]
Affiliations
- [1] Technical University of Denmark [NORA names: DTU Technical University of Denmark; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]
Abstract
The dependency of the fatigue resistance on the fiber volume fraction of a non-crimp glass fiber fabric reinforced polyester polymer matrix composite is investigated, in the range of 55% to 60% fiber volume. The experimental investigation cover tension–tension, tension–compression, and compression-compression cyclic loading cases. Both an overall and local fiber volume fraction are considered. It is observed that the high fiber volume fraction cases also have higher porosity densities. The tension–tension fatigue loading is found to be most dependent on the fiber volume fraction, while the compression-compression load case is found to have the least dependency.
Keywords
cases,
composition,
cyclic loading cases,
density,
dependence,
experimental investigation,
fabrication,
fatigue,
fatigue loading,
fatigue performance,
fatigue resistance,
fiber composites,
fiber fabric,
fiber volume,
fiber volume fraction,
fibers,
fraction,
glass fiber composites,
glass fiber fabric,
impact,
investigation,
load,
load cases,
local fiber volume fraction,
matrix composites,
polyester,
polymer matrix composites,
porosity,
porosity density,
resistance,
tension-compression,
tension-tension,
tension-tension fatigue loading,
volume,
volume fraction
