Seal, A and Dalui, Srikanta and Mukhopadhyay, Anup Kumar and Phani , Kalyan Kumar and Maiti, Himadri Sekhar (2003) Novel glass polymer multilayer composites with high toughness. Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 62 (1). pp. 22-26. ISSN 0371-750X

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Abstract

With a view to developing low cost glass polymer multilayer composites (GPMLC) with high toughness, four layer laminar glass-epoxy-E glass fabric composites (GEF) were fabricated by a low pressure lamination technique. To promote weaker interfaces a thin sprayed layer of kerosene was introduced between the glass and the reinforcing layer in another group of composites (GEFK) fabricated in a similar manner. In both GEF and GEFK composites, a thin commercial cover slip gas disk (diameter 18 mm , thickness 0.3 mm) was used as the matrix layer. The load displacement plots of the GEF and GEFK composites exhibit a significant degree of non-linearity and stepped load-unload behaviour characteristic of fibre reinforced composites. The specific failure load (»200 N/mm) and the total work of failure per u.nit volume (»300 kJ.m-3) of the GEFK composite were found out to be the highest, thus indicating the development of a very high toughness material. These values were much higher than those of the brittle glass matrix, e.g., 20 N/mm and 20 kJ.m-3. The GEF composites showed the second best characteristics

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Glass
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Subhra Lahiri
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2012 10:05
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2015 09:48
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/943

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