EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH NANO PARTICLES
Journal: International Journal of Research in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering (Vol.7, No. 8)Publication Date: 2019-08-01
Authors : SK.RAHAMTHULLA SESHAIAH.T;
Page : 13-23
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Abstract
In this paper presents the glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) have become a preferable material for reinforcing or strengthening reinforced concrete structures due to their corrosion resistance, high strength to weight ratio, and relatively low cost compared with carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP). However, the limited fatigue life of GFRP hinders their use in infrastructure applications. For instance, the low fatigue life of GFRP caused design codes to impose stringent stress limits on GFRP that rendered their use noneconomic under significant cyclic loads in bridges. In this paper, we demonstrate that the fatigue life of GFRP can be significantly improved by an order of magnitude by incorporating Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) during GFRP fabrication. GFRP coupons were fabricated and tested under static tension and cyclic tension with mean fatigue stress equal to 40% of the GFRP tensile strength. Microstructural investigations using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were used for further investigation of the effect of MWCNTs on the GFRP composite. The experimental results show the 0.5 wt% and the 1.0 wt% MWCNTs were able to improve the fatigue life of GFRP by 114.3% and 98.6%, respectively, compared with neat GFRP.
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