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Flexural Properties of Carbon/Glass Hybrid Thermoplastic Epoxy Composite Rods Under Static and Fatigue Loadings

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Cables are primarily used in structures as tensile elements, but they are also subjected to compressive, flexural, and shear loadings. Therefore, in addition to the hybrid rods’ tensile properties, the other corresponding mechanical properties must also be characterized. This study is an investigation of the flexural behavior of carbon/glass hybrid thermoplastic epoxy composite rods. Test results indicated that an increase in the void content to a decrease in the flexural strength, and consequently the Weibull modulus as well. The flexural fatigue performance (in terms of maximum stress) increases with the static flexural strength. The intercept for power law model increased with increasing carbon fiber volume fraction, and decreasing matrix content and void content. The absolute values of slope for power law model decreased with increasing carbon fiber volume fraction, and increasing matrix content and void content. The fatigue strength at 1 × 107 cycles for the hybrid rods was less than 20–30% of the ultimate flexural strength. The static and fatigue flexural properties for the hybrid rods were strongly influenced by kinking, buckling, and delamination behaviors of unidirectional carbon fiber bundle composites.

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  1. The logarithmic representation is usually used for S–N curve or stiffness reduction during fatigue loading. The normalized number of cycles, log(Ni)/log(Nf) is thought to be an effective representation to estimate the fatigue properties. The cumulative fatigue damage, DF.i for the hybrid rods as a function of the normalized number of cycles, log(Ni)/log(Nf), as shown in Fig. S9 in the Supporting Information. The apparent stiffness reduction during fatigue loading for all hybrid rods was estimated through Eqs. 4 and S6, and these lines are also shown in Fig. S10a-c in the Supporting Information.

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This research was promoted by COI program "Construction of next-generation infrastructure using innovative materials ~Realization of safe and secure society that can coexist with the Earth for centuries~ supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Grant Number JPMJCE1315.

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Naito, K. Flexural Properties of Carbon/Glass Hybrid Thermoplastic Epoxy Composite Rods Under Static and Fatigue Loadings. Appl Compos Mater 28, 753–766 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-021-09893-z

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