Computational Plane Strain Tests of Epoxy Resin Reinforced with Glass Fibers

Valeria Ferrer, Manuela Palacio, John Del Rio, Juan Mejia, Gustavo Suarez, Juliana Niño

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    The global industry has found great advantages in composite materials in comparison with monolithic conventional materials. Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) is widely used in the construction, aeronautics and automotive industries due to its high strength and low density. In this article, computational simulations were performed in order to analyze the behavior of four GFRP specimens or plaques with different fiber orientations and lengths. The specimens were subjected to mechanical tensile loads. A constitutive model for materials with a linear-elastic behavior was established for both fibers and resin. The mechanical properties, such as Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, were determined for each component material, and tensile load conditions were established in order to carry out the simulations. A numerical grid of 2601 nodes was designed and the constitutive law of materials equations were solved using the Finite Difference Method (FDM). The computational implementations were executed for the 4 specimens on MATLAB. The results indicate an excellent mechanical contribution on the composite when tensile loads were applied in the same direction as the fiber orientation, while separation or delamination of the material may occur if the load is applied in a different direction. The fibers positioned in a random matter presented a more isotropic behavior. These simulations may contribute to the analysis of the behavior of different types of composite materials and facilitate testing for diverse mechanical tests, and additionally, it could help in reducing the high costs generated by experimental testing.

    Idioma originalInglés
    Título de la publicación alojadaApplied Computer Sciences in Engineering - 7th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2020, Proceedings
    EditoresJuan Carlos Figueroa-García, Fabián Steven Garay-Rairán, Germán Jairo Hernández-Pérez, Yesid Díaz-Gutierrez
    EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
    Páginas109-117
    Número de páginas9
    ISBN (versión impresa)9783030618339
    DOI
    EstadoPublicada - 2020
    Evento7th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2020 - Bogota, Colombia
    Duración: 7 oct. 20209 oct. 2020

    Serie de la publicación

    NombreCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volumen1274 CCIS
    ISSN (versión impresa)1865-0929
    ISSN (versión digital)1865-0937

    Conferencia

    Conferencia7th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2020
    País/TerritorioColombia
    CiudadBogota
    Período7/10/209/10/20

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