Abstract
The vacuum thermo-cycling (-180 to +140 °C, 10-5 Pa) was performed on unidirectional M40J/AG-80 composite. The tensile strengths at 90 and 0°, bend strength, interlayer shear strength, mass loss ratio and storage modulus (E′), as well as the transverse and longitudinal expansion/contraction distortions, were measured after different thermal cycles. The results show that the variations in the 90 and 0° tensile strengths and the longitudinal contraction distortion are closely related to the extent of interface debonding, while the changes in bend strength and transverse expansion/contraction distortion to the increase in cross-linking density in the AG-80 epoxy matrix. The mass loss ratio increases with thermal cycles and then level off after 48 cycles.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 351-358 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Composites Part B: Engineering |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2005 |
Keywords
- A. Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
- B. Mechanical properties
- D. Mechanical testing
- Physical properties
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