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Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Impact Strength Depending on the Number of Fiber Layers in Glass Fiber- reinforced Polyester Matrix Composite Materials

  • İlyas Turkmen and Nurullah Sinan Koksal
Published/Copyright: September 28, 2014
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Abstract

In this study, glass fiber-reinforced composite materials were produced by hand lay-up with different number of layers of glass fiber, and tensile, flexural and impact fatigue strength of composite materials were investigated. The samples were also metallographically characterized. Depending on the number of fiber layers of samples mechanical properties and impact fatigue strength were examined. Due to the increase in the number of fiber layers, the mechanical properties of the samples were found to be improved.

Kurzfassung

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden handgeschichtete, glasfaserverstärkte Komposit-Materialien hergestellt und deren Zugfestigkeit, deren Biegesteifigkeit und deren Durchschlagfestigkeit analysiert. Die Materialien wurden metallographisch charakterisiert. Abhängig von der Anzahl von Faserschichten in den Proben, wurden die mechanischen Eigenschaften und deren Schlagfestigkeit untersucht. Durch die Anzahl von steigenden Faserschichten konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich die mechanischen Eigenschaften verbessern.


*Correspondence Address, Ilyas Turkmen, Celal Bayar University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Materials Engineering, 45140 Muradiye, Manisa/Turkey, E-mail:

İlyas Turkmen was born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1986. He graduated from Celal Bayar University, Turkey in 2009 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He completed his master of science at Department of Mechanical Engineering of Celal Bayar University, Turkey in 2012. Within the same year he has started his PhD study at Celal Bayar University, Turkey. He has been working in Materials Engineering Department at Celal Bayar University as research assistant since 2011.

Nurullah Sinan Koksal was born in Gümüşhane, 1966. He graduated at Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey in 1990 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He completed a master of science in mechanical engineering at Celal Bayar University, Turkey in 1997. Then, in 2004 he completed PhD at Celal Bayar University. He has been working in Mechanical Engineering Department at Celal Bayar University, Turkey as associate professor since 2013.


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Published Online: 2014-09-28
Published in Print: 2014-06-01

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