Jixie qiangdu (Jan 2022)

THE INFLUENCE OF SIZE EFFECT ON THE FRACTURE STRENGTH OF UNIDIRECTIONAL GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE

  • ZHU YuYang,
  • ZHAI JianGuang,
  • GAO Chun,
  • LU HuiQin

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44
pp. 454 – 460

Abstract

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In order to explore the influence of the size effect on the fracture strength of unidirectional continuous glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composites(unidirectional GF/PP composites), the Zwick/Roell Z005 universal material testing machine was used to test different gauge lengths through orthogonal test methods.(60 mm, 100 mm, 200 mm), unidirectional GF/PP composites with different widths(10 mm, 15 mm, 20 mm) are subjected to tensile test. The test results show that as the test size increases, the breaking strength of unidirectional GF/PP composites gradually decreases. Because the fracture strength of unidirectional GF/PP composites has a large dispersion, the distribution law of the strength of unidirectional GF/PP composites under different size conditions is obtained through the classic two-parameter Weibull strength statistical model, and the improved generalized The two-parameter weakest chain strength statistical model introduces the exponential parameterβto modify the influence of the spatial distribution of defects. The fracture strength data under different sizes are processed in a unified manner. The resulting failure function comprehensively reflects the size effect on the unidirectional GF/PP composite The effect of material breaking strength.

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