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Experimental Investigation on Debonding between FRP sheets and Structures

Haghighi, Sina | 2017

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: English
  3. Document No: 51403 (53)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, Kish Island
  5. Department: Science and Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Toufigh, Vahab
  7. Abstract:
  8. This study has investigated the effects of different environmental conditions on the bond at the interface between two fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) layers. A total of 945 single lap splice coupons with three bond length were made using wet lay-up technic. There were used three unidirectional fabrics and one type of epoxy resin. A Uniaxial tensile test was performed on samples after 2, 4, 12, 20, 28, 36 and 48 weeks of exposure. Also series of test were conducted in order to determine the minimum lap splice length of single splice FRP samples. The experimental results indicated reduction of bond strength in glass specimens that was 17 % after 48 weeks of exposure while for same amount of time, the reduction in aramid and carbon specimens were smaller than 10%. The effects of alkaline solutions on reducing the bond strength of glass specimens was more than other fabrics while carbon specimens showed excellent durability against all solutions. Change of failure modes in aramid, carbon and glass fibers were observed during this investigation and after 48 weeks of exposure, failure in glass and aramid specimens with 2.54 and 5.08 cm length of bond that was occurred at the bonding area. Failure of carbon specimens was explosive and the area of the failure was not predictable
  9. Keywords:
  10. Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) ; Glass Fibers ; Carbon Fibers ; Aramid Fiber ; Effective Length

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