Abstract
Glass fibres used in the manufacture of fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites (FRTP) are normally sized with a film former which includes a silane coupling agent to improve the interfacial bond strength between glass fibre and matrix . However, during composite failure even an optimized interface cannot stop the initia tion of cracks at the fibre ends, which can lead to large transverse cracks in the matrix or failure by fibre pull-out. In order to help better understand the failure mechanisms of FRTP, thermoplastic microbond tests and photoelasticity experiments have been used to study the interface in model single fibre composites.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2008 |
Event | 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13) - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 2 Jun 2008 → 5 Jun 2008 |
Conference
Conference | 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13) |
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City | Stockholm, Sweden |
Period | 2/06/08 → 5/06/08 |
Keywords
- microbond
- photoelasticity
- polyamide
- composites