An experimental investigation of the bearing strength of weft-knitted 1 × 1 rib glass fiber composites

Tercan M., Asi O., Aktaş A.

Composite Structures, cilt.78, sa.3, ss.392-396, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 78 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.10.015
  • Dergi Adı: Composite Structures
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.392-396
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bearing strength, Glass fibres, Knitting, Textile composites
  • Uşak Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the bearing strength of a weft-knitted 1 × 1 rib glass-fiber composite plate pinned-joint in three directions: 0°, 45° and 90°. The knitted fabrics used for the study are manufactured from the 200 tex glass yarn with epoxy resin and cured in a hot press machine. The experiments were carried out according to the ASTM D953 standard [1]. The ratio of the edge distance to the pin diameter (E/d), and the ratio of the specimen width to the pin diameter (W/d) were systematically varied during experiments. The results show that the bearing values obtained from the wale directions are stronger than the course and 45° directions. Additionally, each direction reaches their upper limit bearing strengths when E/d and W/d ratios are equal or greater than 4. The knitted fabric composite material gives nearly isotropic feature. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.