%0 Journal Article
%T RESIDUAL STRENGTH OF CHOPPED STRAND MAT GLASS FIBRE/EPOXY COMPOSITE STRUCTURES: EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND WATER ABSORPTION
%A K. J. T. Jeffrey
%A F. Tarlochan
%A M. M. Rahman
%J International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering
%D 2011
%I Universiti Malaysia Pahang
%X The residual strength of chopped strand mat glass fibre/epoxy composites following exposure to different hygrothermal conditions was investigated. All residual tests were carried out according to ASTM D 3479 and D 3039 on tension-tension fatigue with a frequency of 5 Hz, a stress ratio of R= 0.5and maximum stress ¦Òmax = 60 MPa. The residual strength curves were used to investigate the strength of chopped strand mat glass fibre/epoxy under the effect of temperature and the interactive environment of water absorption and temperature. The results showed that the chopped strand mat glass fibre/epoxy had high resistance toward tension-tension fatigue loading. However, the degradation of the tensile residual strength of chopped strand mat glass fibre/epoxy was significant with high water absorption at an elevated temperature.
%K Glass fibre
%K temperature
%K water absorption
%K residual strength.
%U http://ijame.ump.edu.my/images/Volume_4/14_Jeffrey%20et%20al.pdf