| Abstrak/Abstract |
A detailed understanding of the interlaminar fracture, intralaminar fracture, and translaminar
fracture progression of GFRP was studied using a complex Arcan fixture. A loading angle of 0o
to 150o was successfully tested with detailed characteristics evaluated on 0o
, 45o, and 90o . The different behaviors of the specimens were recorded in shear, tensile shear, and tensile stress. At these angles, the specimens reach 9.13, 36.00, and 51.64 MPa, while reaching the shear
strain of 0.311, 0.153, and 0.046 με, respectively. FEM analysis was also incorporated to
obtain the fracture behavior and stress distribution in the notch. Mises stress was 9.754 MPa,
close to the average of 9.519 MPa from experiments. Adding graphite filler to the composite
increases the composite's shear stress but reduced shear strain. 0.5% graphite filler became
the optimal ratio by making the shear stress reach 16.94 MPa with a minimum decrease in
shear strain with 0.293 με |
