دورية أكاديمية

Effect of Flame Treatment on Bonding Performance of GF/EP Pultrusion Sheets Used for VARI Process

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Effect of Flame Treatment on Bonding Performance of GF/EP Pultrusion Sheets Used for VARI Process
المؤلفون: Yu Zhang, Yundong Ji, Dongfeng Cao, Hongyuan Zhang, Hongda Chen, Haixiao Hu
المصدر: Polymers, Vol 15, Iss 5, p 1266 (2023)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Organic chemistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: pultrusion process, glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, VARI, flame treatment, bonding property, Organic chemistry, QD241-441
الوصف: This paper presents an easy and low-cost flame treatment method to improve the bonding performance of GF/EP (Glass Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy) pultrusion plates, which are using widely for large size wind blades. In order to explore the effect of flame treatment on the bonding performance of the precast GF/EP pultruded sheet vs. the infusion plate, the GF/EP pultruded sheets were treated with different flame treatment cycles and were embedded in the fiber fabrics during the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process (VARI). The bonding shear strengths were measured by tensile shear tests. It is found that after 1, 3, 5, and 7 flame treatments, the tensile shear strength between the GF/EP pultrusion plate and infusion plate increased by 8.0%, 13.3%, 22.44%, and −2.1%, respectively. This indicates that the maximum tensile shear strength can be obtained after five times of flame treatment. In addition, DCB and ENF tests were also adopted to characterize the fracture toughness of the bonding interface with the optimal flame treatment. It is found that the optimal treatment gives increments of 21.84% and 78.36% for G I C and G II C, respectively. Finally, the surficial topography of the flame-treated GF/EP pultruded sheets were characterized by optical microscopy, SEM, contact angle test, FTIR, and XPS. The results show that flame treatment plays an impact on the interfacial performance through the combination of physical meshing locking and chemical bonding mechanism. Proper flame treatment would remove the weak boundary layer and mold release agent on the surface of the GF/EP pultruded sheet, etch the bonding surface and improve the oxygen-containing polar groups, such as C–O and O–C=O, to improve the surface roughness and surface tension coefficient of pultruded sheet to enhance the bonding performance. Excessive flame treatment destroys the integrity of epoxy matrix on bonding surface which results into the exposure of the glass fiber, and the carbonization of release agent and resin on the surface loosen the surficial structure, which reduces the bonding properties.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2073-4360
88229890
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/5/1266; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4360
DOI: 10.3390/polym15051266
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/0d810065bc3b484a882298908a592310
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.0d810065bc3b484a882298908a592310
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20734360
88229890
DOI:10.3390/polym15051266