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- Title
An Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of GFRP Co‐cured Joints.
- Authors
se Souza, Gustavo; de P. Anjoletto, Tamiris; Ferreira, Thaysa R. M.; Goyo‐Brito, Francisco; Tarpani, José R.
- Abstract
Co‐cured parts usually have their application where large monolithic composite structures are desired. This study evaluated the mechanical response in monotonic tensile test of bidirectional glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) co‐cured joints manufactured by Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion – VARTM. All joints were designed with the same number of fiber plies and joint length, varying only the joint geometry. Three geometries were studied: single lap joint (SLJ), stepped lap joint (STJ), and a new concept proposed in this study called interspersed lap joint (ILJ), the latter provides higher shear area and interfacial contact area per layer. Tensile test pointed STJ as presenting 77% of the monolithic GFRP tensile strength, the highest ultimate tensile strength among the studied joints. Void content and failure analysis showed high levels of porosity in the joint region for the ILJ, and also a weak bond between the adherents, which may result in a poor mechanical performance. In summary, simple modifications, such as plies disposal prior infusion can benefit the mechanical properties achieved for co‐cured joints.
- Subjects
JOINTS (Engineering); MECHANICAL behavior of materials; GEOMETRA; ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL properties of condensed matter
- Publication
Macromolecular Symposia, 2019, Vol 383, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1022-1360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/masy.201800007