Abstract
AbstractEpoxy resin used commonly as a matrix for polymer composite materials has good handling properties, but is too brittle. That is why various modifiers are used to increase the flexibility of products based on epoxy resin. This leads to two issues: how to efficiently increase the toughness of the resin without impacting significantly other properties, as well as how to measure the toughness in composite materials. The work aimed to show how the addition of a reactive rubber modifier will affect the fracture toughness of the obtained laminates during the longitudinal shear test (Mode II fracture). In total, three epoxy-glass laminates with different matrices were made and subjected to the End-Notched Flexure test according to ASTM D7905/D7905M standard: (1) the basic matrix of Epidian 6 resin, (2) Epidian 6 modified with the addition of 10% of Albipox 1000 reactive liquid rubber and (3) Epidian 6 modified with the addition of 10% of Hypro 1300X16 ATBN reactive liquid rubber. Based on the obtained results, it can be seen that the modulus of elasticity for the modified laminates was decreased compared to the laminate of pure epoxy resin (by ~ 25%). However, the addition of reactive rubbers increased the fracture toughness of the modified epoxy-glass laminates in the Mode II longitudinal shear test (GIIc) by ~ 40–60%. Thus the benefits of modification outweigh the drawbacks if fracture toughness is an important designing consideration in a given application. The applicability of ENF method is successfully tested, but potential drawbacks are indicated—careful control of specimen thickness is necessary.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Mechanics of Materials,Modeling and Simulation,Computational Mechanics
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9 articles.
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