Comparative Study of Affecting Parameters on Modulus of FRP

Authors

  • Prof. P. V. Savalia  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Longitudinal, Transverse, Modulus, FRP, FEA, ANSYS, I-DEAS, RVE.

Abstract

In a present era importance of FRP are steadily increasing due to its advantageous properties Various researchers have worked for high strength fiber reinforces plastic as an attractive feasible material to replace metal and conventional materials. Normally the rule of mixture can give reasonable results for predicting the end properties of FRP in longitudinal direction. However, for different fiber arrangement and length of fiber the loss in modulus is expected. Further, interfacial de-bonding, poor adhesion and voids also create loss in modulus of FRP. Hence, this research paper is aimed to found the losses in modulus of FRP by considering natural fiber jute as a reinforcement and polyester as a matrix. The systematic experiments are carried out by using suitable molds and appropriate equipment. The attempts are made to study the effect of volume fraction of fiber on modulus for continuous long fibers and randomly distributed short fibers also effect of fiber breakage, fiber length and fiber orientation is studied for modulus under longitudinal loading. The attempt is also made to study effect of volume fraction of fiber on modulus for fibers subjected to transverse loading. Finally, modulus property is simulated using standard FEA packages. The results obtained by 3D FEA analysis, theoretical models and experimental results for losses in modulus are following the same trend. The comparative assessment give the divergence of experimental results from available predictive model in term of modulus losses is the range of (0.16-75.06) % depending on various parameters.

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Prof. P. V. Savalia, " Comparative Study of Affecting Parameters on Modulus of FRP, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.588-598, January-February-2017.