Hybrid Manufacturing and Experimental Testing of Glass Fiber Enhanced Thermoplastic Composites
| Autor: | Hassan Shirvani, Yasasween Hewavidana, Vahaj Mohaghegh, Shabnam Sadeghi-Esfahlani, Javaid Butt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0209 industrial biotechnology
Thermoplastic Materials science Glass fiber Composite number 02 engineering and technology Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering PLA plastic chemistry.chemical_compound 020901 industrial engineering & automation Polylactic acid hybrid process Ultimate tensile strength composite Composite material Tensile testing chemistry.chemical_classification Mechanical Engineering Ultrasonic testing fused deposition modelling tensile test Fibre-reinforced plastic 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology chemistry Mechanics of Materials microstructural analysis ultrasonic testing 0210 nano-technology glass fiber |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Volume 3 Issue 4 |
| ISSN: | 2504-4494 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/jmmp3040096 |
| Popis: | Additive Manufacturing (AM) is gaining enormous attention from academic and industrial sectors for product development using different materials. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is a popular AM method that works with thermoplastics. This process offers benefits of customisation both in terms of hardware and software in the case of desktop-based FDM systems. Enhancement of mechanical properties for the traditional thermoplastic material is a widely researched area and various materials have been added to achieve this goal. This paper focuses on the manufacture of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites using Hybrid Fused Deposition Modelling (HFDM). Commonly available polylactic acid or polylactide (PLA) material was inter-laced with 0.03 mm thick glass fiber sheets to manufacture GFRP products followed by tensile testing. This was done to investigate whether adding more layers increases the tensile strength of the GFRP products or not. Furthermore, the maximum number of glass fiber layers that can be added to the 4 mm thick specimen was also identified. This was done to demonstrate that there is an optimal number of glass fiber layers that can be added as after this optimal number, the tensile strength start to deteriorate. Microstructural analysis was undertaken after tensile testing followed by ultrasonic testing to assess the uniformity of the GFRP composites. |
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