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Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques
In this study, optically transparent glass fiber-reinforced polymers (tGFRPs) were produced using a thermoset matrix and an E-glass fabric. In situ polymerization was combined with liquid composite molding (LCM) techniques both in a resin transfer molding (RTM) mold and a lite-RTM (L-RTM) setup betw...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34683679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14206087 |
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author | Caydamli, Yavuz Heudorfer, Klaus Take, Jens Podjaski, Filip Middendorf, Peter Buchmeiser, Michael R. |
author_facet | Caydamli, Yavuz Heudorfer, Klaus Take, Jens Podjaski, Filip Middendorf, Peter Buchmeiser, Michael R. |
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description | In this study, optically transparent glass fiber-reinforced polymers (tGFRPs) were produced using a thermoset matrix and an E-glass fabric. In situ polymerization was combined with liquid composite molding (LCM) techniques both in a resin transfer molding (RTM) mold and a lite-RTM (L-RTM) setup between two glass plates. The RTM specimens were used for mechanical characterization while the L-RTM samples were used for transmittance measurements. Optimization in terms of the number of glass fabric layers, the overall degree of transparency of the composite, and the mechanical properties was carried out and allowed for the realization of high mechanical strength and high-transparency tGFRPs. An outstanding degree of infiltration was achieved maintaining up to 75% transmittance even when using 29 layers of E-glass fabric, corresponding to 50 v.% fiber, using an L-RTM setup. RTM specimens with 44 v.% fiber yielded a tensile strength of 435.2 ± 17.6 MPa, and an E-Modulus of 24.3 ± 0.7 GPa. |
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spelling | pubmed-85387852021-10-24 Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques Caydamli, Yavuz Heudorfer, Klaus Take, Jens Podjaski, Filip Middendorf, Peter Buchmeiser, Michael R. Materials (Basel) Article In this study, optically transparent glass fiber-reinforced polymers (tGFRPs) were produced using a thermoset matrix and an E-glass fabric. In situ polymerization was combined with liquid composite molding (LCM) techniques both in a resin transfer molding (RTM) mold and a lite-RTM (L-RTM) setup between two glass plates. The RTM specimens were used for mechanical characterization while the L-RTM samples were used for transmittance measurements. Optimization in terms of the number of glass fabric layers, the overall degree of transparency of the composite, and the mechanical properties was carried out and allowed for the realization of high mechanical strength and high-transparency tGFRPs. An outstanding degree of infiltration was achieved maintaining up to 75% transmittance even when using 29 layers of E-glass fabric, corresponding to 50 v.% fiber, using an L-RTM setup. RTM specimens with 44 v.% fiber yielded a tensile strength of 435.2 ± 17.6 MPa, and an E-Modulus of 24.3 ± 0.7 GPa. MDPI 2021-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8538785/ /pubmed/34683679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14206087 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Caydamli, Yavuz Heudorfer, Klaus Take, Jens Podjaski, Filip Middendorf, Peter Buchmeiser, Michael R. Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title | Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title_full | Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title_fullStr | Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title_full_unstemmed | Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title_short | Transparent Fiber-Reinforced Composites Based on a Thermoset Resin Using Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) Techniques |
title_sort | transparent fiber-reinforced composites based on a thermoset resin using liquid composite molding (lcm) techniques |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34683679 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14206087 |
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