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Mechanical Properties and Damage Behavior of Polypropylene Composite (GF50-PP) Plate Fabricated by Thermocompression Process Under High Strain Rate Loading at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures

Applied Composite Materials volume 29, pages 1959–1979 (2022)Cite this article

Abstract

This paper concerns the coupling effect of strain rate and temperature on the damage mechanical properties of the long-glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (GF50-PP) composite produced by the thermocompression process. Composite plates of GF50-PP have been employed to study the effect of glass fiber distribution on the mechanical properties of the composites. To achieve this objective the tensile tests have been performed at strain rate range from quasi-static to 100 s−1 at two loading temperatures of 20 °C and -70 °C, while measuring the local deformation through a contactless technique using a high-speed camera. High strain rate tensile tests findings showed that GF50-PP behavior is strongly strain-rate dependent. For instance, the stress damage threshold for three fiber orientations of 0°, 45°, and 90° to the Mold Flow Direction (MFD) was increased, when the strain rate varies from quasi-static (0.001 s−1) to 100 s−1 at two loading temperatures of 20 °C and -70 °C. The experimental methodology was coupled to microscopic observations using SEM to study the damage mechanisms of GF50-PP. The analysis confirms that there are three damage mechanisms: fiber-matrix interface debonding, matrix breakage, and pseudo-delamination between neighboring bundles of fibers.

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Fitoussi, J., Nikooharf, M.H., Kallel, A. et al. Mechanical Properties and Damage Behavior of Polypropylene Composite (GF50-PP) Plate Fabricated by Thermocompression Process Under High Strain Rate Loading at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures. Appl Compos Mater 29, 1959–1979 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-022-10047-y

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