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Effect of Thermal Cycling on the Tensile Behavior of Polymer Composites Reinforced by Basalt and Carbon Fibers

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The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of thermal cycling on the tensile behavior of three types of polymer-matrix composites — a phenolic resin reinforced with woven basalt fibers, woven carbon fibers, and hybrid basalt and carbon fibers — in an ambient environment. For this purpose, tensile tests were performed on specimens previously subjected to a certain number of thermal cycles. The ultimate tensile strength of the specimen reinforced with woven basalt fibers had by 5% after thermal cycling, but the strength of the specimen with woven carbon fibers had reduced to a value by 11% higher than that before thermal cycling.

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  1. Centre of Excellence for Research in Advanced Materials and Structures, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Pardis St., Molasadra Ave., Vanaq Sq., 19991-43344, Tehran, Iran

    S. Mohammad Reza Khalili

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Guilan, 3756, Rasht, Iran

    Moslem Najafi

  3. Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Pardis St., Molasadra Ave., Vanaq Sq., 19991-43344, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Eslami-Farsani

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1141–1154 , November-December, 2016.

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Khalili, S.M.R., Najafi, M. & Eslami-Farsani, R. Effect of Thermal Cycling on the Tensile Behavior of Polymer Composites Reinforced by Basalt and Carbon Fibers. Mech Compos Mater 52, 807–816 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-017-9632-5

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