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| Perrot, Yves; Baley, C; Grohens, Y; Davies, Peter. |
| Composites based on glass fiber reinforced low styrene emission polyester resins have been widely used over the last 10 years, in order to meet increasingly strict safety regulations, particularly in the pleasure boat industry. Previous studies of their mechanical properties suggested that although these resins are generally more brittle than traditional orthophthalic polyester resins this did not adversely affect the properties commonly used for quality control (short beam shear and tensile failure strength of mat reinforced composites). In the present paper results from a more detailed study of damage behaviour are presented. Tests include fracture toughness (K (Ic) ) tests on resins, fibre/matrix interface energy, detection of composite damage... |
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Palavras-chave: Interface properties; Damage initiation; Styrene emission; Unsaturated polyester; Glass fibers. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2316.pdf |
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| Baley, C; Perrot, Yves; Busnel, F; Guezenoc, H; Davies, Peter. |
| Flax provides a renewable source of fibres with good mechanical properties, which justifies its use as a reinforcement for polymers. Composite materials made with flax which has only undergone mechanical treatments (stripping followed by combing) results in the presence of bundles of fibres. When a unidirectional flax/polyester ply is loaded in transverse tension the damage mechanisms are complex; cracks develop in the matrix, and at the fibre/matrix interface, but they also appear within the fibres themselves and in the lamellae within the fibre bundles. This emphasises the highly anisotropic nature of these flax fibres, whose average longitudinal Young's modulus is 59 GPa and whose transverse modulus is estimated here to be 8 GPa. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V.... |
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Palavras-chave: Unidirectional; Transverse tensile; Polyester; Glass; Flax; Composite materials. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-6362.pdf |
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| Maurin, Romain; Perrot, Yves; Bourmaud, Alain; Davies, Peter; Baley, Christophe. |
| Polyester resins are widely employed for pleasure boat construction. In order to satisfy new environmental legislation on styrene emissions resin suppliers have proposed modified formulations, but these show lower failure strains under tensile loading. This paper examines the influence of wet ageing on mechanical properties of low styrene polyester, together with standard polyester and vinyl ester resins, and their glass reinforced composites. Results are presented from accelerated ageing in natural sea water for nine months, at temperatures of 20, 40 and 60 degrees C. Nano-indentation was used to study local changes in the resin after ageing. The diffusion kinetics of the low styrene emission resins and their composites are similar to those for standard... |
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Palavras-chave: Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Environmental degradation; Mechanical testing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11104/7856.pdf |
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