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Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad

Sandwich panel composite consists of face sheets and foam core. Conventional sandwich panels that are made of thermoplastic foam or honeycomb have very low damage resistance, damage tolerance and interfacial adhesion strength in-between face sheets and core. In this study, aluminium (Al) foam is int...

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Main Author: Mohammad, Nurul Emi Nor Ain
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spelling my.uitm.ir.752252023-05-29T06:39:48Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75225/ Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad Mohammad, Nurul Emi Nor Ain Composite materials. Plastics Sandwich panel composite consists of face sheets and foam core. Conventional sandwich panels that are made of thermoplastic foam or honeycomb have very low damage resistance, damage tolerance and interfacial adhesion strength in-between face sheets and core. In this study, aluminium (Al) foam is introduced and used as core material of the sandwich panel to improve the damage resistance and tolerance properties. Basalt and glass fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites were used as face sheet. These FRP were modified with 5, 13 and 25wt% of nanosilica to enhance the impact and damage tolerance of FRP – Al foam sandwich panel. The increase in environmental concern, as well as materials sustainability awareness, has positively attracted industries to use mineral-based fibre, such as basalt, in in various applications such as for building construction, marine, automotive, sports and aircrafts industries. In this study, three different nano silica contents (5 wt%, 13wt% and 25 wt%) were mixed with epoxy matrix and impregnated onto the basalt fibre using hand-layup method. The face sheet and foam core were bonded together using nano silica epoxy paste to improve the adhesion strength property. Density and burnt off tests were conducted to determine the physical properties of FRP composites and FRP-Al foam sandwich panel. Damage resistance and damage tolerance properties were measured using impact test and compression after impact (CAI) test. In addition, the flexural and interlaminar shear strength tests were also conducted to determine the mechanical properties such as elastic flexural modulus, flexural strength and interlaminar shear strength of the FRP composites and sandwich panel. The fractured samples were observed using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the evaluation of damage mechanisms. The incorporation of nanosilica into FRP composites enhanced the mechanical and impact properties of the sandwich panel. It was found that sandwich panel that was made of closed cell Al foam core, basalt fibre FRP face sheets and 25wt% nanosilica, denoted as CCBF25, exhibited the highest damage resistance and tolerance properties when compared to the other sandwich panel systems. The results showed that the addition of 25wt% nanosilica in closed cell Al-Basalt sandwich panel improved the impact strength, compression after impact strength, compressive strength, flexural strength and interlaminar shear strength by 140%, 16%, 38%, 215% and 9%, respectively, when compared to unmodified sandwich panel. It was also discovered that the addition of 25wt% nanosilica in Basalt and Glass FRP composites, Open Cell and Closed Cell Al foams- FRP sandwich panels, denoted as BF25, GF25, OCBF25, OCGF25, CCBF25 and CCGF25, displayed improvement in damage tolerance properties of 90%, 87%, 65%, 54%, 47% and 37%, respectively, when compared to the unmodified systems. These results showed that nanosilica filled aluminium foam sandwich panels are very promising advanced lightweight high-strength materials that could be used in a wide range of modern mechanical elements and structures. 2022 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75225/1/75225.pdf Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad. (2022) PhD thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/75225.pdf>
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Plastics
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Plastics
Mohammad, Nurul Emi Nor Ain
Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
description Sandwich panel composite consists of face sheets and foam core. Conventional sandwich panels that are made of thermoplastic foam or honeycomb have very low damage resistance, damage tolerance and interfacial adhesion strength in-between face sheets and core. In this study, aluminium (Al) foam is introduced and used as core material of the sandwich panel to improve the damage resistance and tolerance properties. Basalt and glass fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites were used as face sheet. These FRP were modified with 5, 13 and 25wt% of nanosilica to enhance the impact and damage tolerance of FRP – Al foam sandwich panel. The increase in environmental concern, as well as materials sustainability awareness, has positively attracted industries to use mineral-based fibre, such as basalt, in in various applications such as for building construction, marine, automotive, sports and aircrafts industries. In this study, three different nano silica contents (5 wt%, 13wt% and 25 wt%) were mixed with epoxy matrix and impregnated onto the basalt fibre using hand-layup method. The face sheet and foam core were bonded together using nano silica epoxy paste to improve the adhesion strength property. Density and burnt off tests were conducted to determine the physical properties of FRP composites and FRP-Al foam sandwich panel. Damage resistance and damage tolerance properties were measured using impact test and compression after impact (CAI) test. In addition, the flexural and interlaminar shear strength tests were also conducted to determine the mechanical properties such as elastic flexural modulus, flexural strength and interlaminar shear strength of the FRP composites and sandwich panel. The fractured samples were observed using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the evaluation of damage mechanisms. The incorporation of nanosilica into FRP composites enhanced the mechanical and impact properties of the sandwich panel. It was found that sandwich panel that was made of closed cell Al foam core, basalt fibre FRP face sheets and 25wt% nanosilica, denoted as CCBF25, exhibited the highest damage resistance and tolerance properties when compared to the other sandwich panel systems. The results showed that the addition of 25wt% nanosilica in closed cell Al-Basalt sandwich panel improved the impact strength, compression after impact strength, compressive strength, flexural strength and interlaminar shear strength by 140%, 16%, 38%, 215% and 9%, respectively, when compared to unmodified sandwich panel. It was also discovered that the addition of 25wt% nanosilica in Basalt and Glass FRP composites, Open Cell and Closed Cell Al foams- FRP sandwich panels, denoted as BF25, GF25, OCBF25, OCGF25, CCBF25 and CCGF25, displayed improvement in damage tolerance properties of 90%, 87%, 65%, 54%, 47% and 37%, respectively, when compared to the unmodified systems. These results showed that nanosilica filled aluminium foam sandwich panels are very promising advanced lightweight high-strength materials that could be used in a wide range of modern mechanical elements and structures.
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title Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
title_short Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
title_full Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
title_fullStr Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
title_full_unstemmed Damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt FRP – Al foam sandwich panel / Nurul Emi Nor Ain Mohammad
title_sort damage tolerance of nanosilica filled basalt frp – al foam sandwich panel / nurul emi nor ain mohammad
publishDate 2022
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75225/1/75225.pdf
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