Failure behavior of woven fiberglass composites under combined compressive and environmental loading

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The purpose of this study is to quantitatively characterize the compressive and damage behavior of a woven fiberglass composite under combined environmental loading. Cuboidal samples of a commercially available woven fiberglass epoxy resin composite, garolite G10, are examined under uniaxial compressive loading perpendicular to the plies at quasi-static (10−3 s−1) and dynamic (103s−1) strain rates using a standard load frame and Kolsky (split-Hopkinson) bar. In order to simulate environmental conditions, a subset of samples were soaked in either distilled or ASTM standard seawater prior to loading. Two time periods of environmental conditioning were investigated: short term at two weeks and long term at four months. Results demonstrate that, on average, the dynamic compressive strength of the fiberglass increased 35% from the quasi-static. Moreover, environmentally treated samples generally experienced a decrease strain to failure, and composites exposed to water for only short periods exhibited signs of the absorbed water sustaining additional load under quasi-static rates. Ultra-high-speed photography combined with digital image correlation, a full-field surface kinematic measurement technique, is used to map 2D strains on the sample during loading. In all cases, a clear shear failure mechanism from local instabilities appears, and a Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion is used to extract a mesoscale cohesive shear stress and coefficient of internal friction.

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Paradiso, A., Mendoza, I., Bellafato, A., & Lamberson, L. (2020). Failure behavior of woven fiberglass composites under combined compressive and environmental loading. Journal of Composite Materials, 54(4), 519–533. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998319878771

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