Repairing Structures using
Composite Wraps
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Structures using Composite Wraps
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Claude Bathias, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kyoshi Kemmoshi, Jacques Renard & Hiroshi Tsuda
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The 8th Japanese-European Symposium on Composite Materials April, 16-17, 2002 - Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Organized by The Organizing Committee of the JapaneseEuropean Symposium on Composite Materials Smart Structure Research Center National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST)
Supported by Japan Industrial Technology Association (JITA) Embassy of France in Japan French Association for Composite Materials (AMAC) European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM)
This work was subsidized by the Japan Keirin Association through its Promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE
Organizing Committee Honorary Chairmen K. KEMMOCHI Shinshu University, Japan C. BATHIAS Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France Chairmen H. FUKUDA J. RENARD Vice-Chairmen K. KEMMOCHI H. TSUDA
Tokyo University of Science, Japan Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
Shinshu University, Japan National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Japan
Advisory Board Members T. KISHI National Institute for Materials Science, Japan I. KIMPARA Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan H. MIYAIRI Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan Executive Committee Members Japanese Members K. KAGEYAMA University of Tokyo M. HOJO Kyoto University Q. NI Kyoto Institute of Technology J. TAKAHASHI University of Tokyo T. ISHIKAWA National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan H. NAGAI National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology K. AMAOKA Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd S. BANDOH Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd K. KIMURA Obayashi Corporation A. HAMAMOTO Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Ltd Y. YAMAGUCHI R&D Institute of Metals & Composites for Future Industries R. HAYASHI Japan Industrial Technology Association European Members C. BATHIAS Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France C. VISCONTI University of Naples, Italy C. GALIOTIS University of Patras, Greece H. LILHOLT Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark MORTON Defense Evaluation and Research Agency, Farnborough, England K. SCHULTE Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany A. MARQUES University of Porto, Portugal
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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Part I. Repairing structures using composite wraps
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Repairing efficiency of damaged steel structures using composite laminates K. YAMAGUCHI AND I. KIMPARA
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RC two-way slabs strengthened with composite material G. FORET, O. LlMAN AND A. EHRLACHER
Structural soundness evaluation of GFRP pedestrian bridge I. CHOU, K. KAMADA, N. YAMAMOTO, S. SAEKI and K. YAMASHIRO
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Analysis of the efficiency of composites in improving serviceability of damaged reinforced concrete structures S. AVRIL, A. VAUTRIN, P. HAMELIN, Y. SURREL 47 Applications of retrofit and repair using carbon fibers K. KIMURA AND H. KATSUMATA
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Design and repairing of hydraulic valves using composite materials N. JUNKER, A. THIONNET, J. RENARD
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lonomer as toughening and repair material for CFRP laminates M. HOJO, N. HIROTA, T. ANDO, S. MATSUDA, M. TANAKA, K. AMUNDSEN, S. OCHIAI, A. MURAKAMI
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Polymer adhesives in civil engineering: Effect of environmental parameters on thermomechanical properties K. BENZARTI, M. PASTOR, T. CHAUSSADENT, M.P. THAVEAU
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Overwrapped structures : a modern approach ? M.J. HINTON, J. COOK, A. GROVES, R. HAYMAND and A. HOWARD
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Development of scarf joint analysis customized system (SJACS) - a guide for standard analysis of composite bonded repairs T. ITOH, T. TANIZAWA, S. SAOKA
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Facing progress of composite materials in the maintenance of aircraft
C. BATHIAS
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Possibility of inverse-manufacturing technology for scrapped wood using wrapping effect in prepreg sheet K. KEMMOCHI, H. TAKAYANAGI, T. NATSUKI and H. TSUDA 151 High temperature behavior of ceramic matrix composites with a self healing matrix J. LAMON and PH. FORIO 159
Part II. Development and use of smart techniques for strain measurement or damage monitoring
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Piezoelectric fiber composites for vibration control applications - development, modelling, characterization Y. VIGIER, C. RICHARD, A. AGBOSSOU, D. GUYOMAR 173 Health monitoring system for CFRP by PZT
J. H. Koo, T. NATSUKI, H. TSUDA, N. TOHYAMA and J. TAKATSUBO
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Characterization of fibres and composites by Raman microspectrometry PH. COLOMBAN
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Demonstrator program in Japanese smart material and structures system project T. SAKURAI, N. TAJIMA, N. TAKEDA and T. KISHI 203 Real-time damage detection in composite laminates with embedded small-diameter fiber Bragg grating sensors N. TAKEDA, Y. OKABE, S. YASHIRO, S. TAKEDA, T. MIZUTANI and R. TSUJI 215 Measuring the non linear viscoelastic, viscoplastic strain behavior of CFRE using electronic speckle pattern interferometry technique P.J-P.BOUQUET, A.H. CARDON 225 Mechanical property and application of innovation composites based on shape memory polymer Q. NI, T. OHKI AND M. IWAMOTO
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Piezoelectric fibers and composites for smart structures A. SCHONECKER, L. SEFFNER, S. GEBHARDT, W. BECKERT
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Application of metal core piezoelectric fiber - embedded in CFRP H. SATO, Y. SHIMOJO and T. SEKIYA
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Table of contents Part III. Process inprovement
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Cure monitoring of composite using multidetection technique
M. SALVIA, E. CHAILLEUX, N. JAFFREZIC RENAULT, Y. JAYET Mechanical behavior simulation of glass fiber reinforced polypropylene foam laminates T. NISHIWAKI and A. GOTO
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Short-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic for semi structural parts : process-properties. E. HARAMBURU, F. COLLOMBET, B. FERRET, J.S. VIGNES, P. DEVOS, C. LEVAILLANT, F. SCHMIDT 293 Guidelines for a quality control procedure to ensure sound strengthening and rehabilitation of concrete structures using FRP J.L. ESTEVES and A.T. MARQUES
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Numerical simulation of reinforcements forming : the missing link for the improvement of composite parts virtual prototyping P. DELUCA , Y. BENOIT
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Monitoring of resin flow and cure using electrical time domain reflectometry K. URABE, T. OKABE and H. TSUDA
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Effects of manufacturing error on stiffness properties of composite laminates P. VINCENTI, P. VANNUCCI, G. VERCHERY, F. BELAID
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Mechanical properties of pultruded CFRPs made of knitted fabrics
H. FUKUDA, H. WAKABAYASHI, K. HAYASHI and G. OHSHIMA
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Introduction
The eight Japanese-european symposium which has been held in Tokyo at the university of science of Tokyo in 2002, continues a serie of symposiums the first one of which was in 1989. The vocation of these symposiums which take place every two years alternatively in Europe and in Japan, is to propose an opportunity for industries and research centers to analyse fundamental questions dealing with the use of composite materials and structures and to propose solutions.
The main theme of the eight Japanese-european symposium «Repairing structures using composites wraps» is a major question for a variety of structural applications, where it is desired to increase service life of their components. If damaged area is localized and in small compared with the whole size of the structure, it is an economical way to arrest the damage extension by a local repair while assuring safety and reliability. For several years many investigations have been conducted for reinforcement and rehabilitation of damaged infrastructures by their repair and preservation with fiber reinforced plastics wraps or sheets.
During this symposium differents themes has been discussed concerning : - Application fields: - Compensation of civil infrastructures for stabilization or quake-resistance. - Repair of composite structures. - Repair of steel structures. - Different types of reinforcements and techniques of wrapping
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- Theoretical and experimental investigations : - Characterization of the reinforcing effect - Strength of structural members reinforced with bonding sheets - Design and optimisation strategy - Use of health monitoring techniques : - To secure structures and to find optimal processing conditions - To detect damage state and damage evolution according to different types of loading. The participation of different european countries as the Japanese participation during all sessions has been the opportunity for fruitfull exchanges sometimes leading this symposium to looks like a workshop during discussion.
To end, the editors would like to thank all institutions, associations, ministry and embassy which supported this symposium and contributed to this successful meeting.
Part I: Repairing structures using composite wraps
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Repairing efficiency of damaged steel structures using composite laminate Koji Yamaguchi — Isao Kimpara AMS R&D Center, Kanazawa institute of technology 3-1, Yatsukaho, Matto 924-0838, Ishikawa Japan yamagu@neptune. kanazawa-it. ac.jp kimpara@neptune. kanazawa-it. ac.jp ABSTRACT; Upgrading was required due to changes in usage of buildings, due to factors such as deterioration and aging and change in occupancy. Composite (laminate) patch repairing technique has gained widespread acceptance as an excellent method for repairing and upgrading of existing structures because of the high strength to weight ratio, ease of installation on site and the improved durability and corrosion resistance of the composite material. In this study, composite patch repairing system was applied to crack arrester of single notch steel beam, using two types of carbon fibers: first is a high strength carbon (HS), and second is a high modulus carbon (HM). Effect of externally bonded composite patch on resistance of crack propagation was experimentally and theoretically showed based on linear elastic fracture mechanics. Stress intensity factor and energy release rate in single notched steel beam repaired with composite patch are obtained in the closed-form equations. Under fatigue loading, resistance of crack propagation of test specimen repaired with HM was higher than that of test specimen repaired with HS. However, delamination growth of HM was more rapid than that of HM. Simulation of crack propagation and delamination growth based on proposed theoretical analysis was in good accordance with experimental result of those. It was shown that repairing efficiency and repairing life depend on material properties of composite patch and characteristic bonding strength between base material and composite patch. KEY WORDS: composite laminate, repairing, fracture mechanics, bonding strength, delamination growth
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1. Introduction Composite patch repairing system has been widely used in several fields. In aeronautic engineering, composite patch repairing system has been applied to crack arrester in a damaged aluminium plate. Crack growth behaviour in a plate repaired with reinforcing patch was predicted based on the finite element analysis and the integral equation approach. The effects of adhesive thickness and patch thickness on crack growth behaviour were discussed (Ratwani 1977). Under consideration of residual thermal stress induced by the bonding process and effect of bending load, crack growth behaviour in the repaired plate with composite patch was analysed theoretically (Rose 1982). From experimental aspects of composite patch system, effects of adhesive cure temperature, surface treatments before bonding on adhesive fatigue were investigated based on studies on overlap joints, which were simulating repairs and crack propagation behaviour in patched panels (Baker et al, 1984, Baker 1984). Crack growth behaviour was undertaken to assess the effect on patching efficiency of disbanding of the patch system and test temperature (Baker 1993). The boundary element method is combined with the method of compatible deformations to analyses the stress distributions in cracked finite sheets symmetrically reinforced by bonded patches (Young et al., 1992). Cracked aluminium plates repaired with composites patch was analysed using Mindlin plate finite theory instead of threedimensional finite element (Sun et al, 1996). This problem was analysed using three layer technique, in which twodimensional Mindlin plate elements with transverse shear deformation capability were used for all three layers: cracked plate, adhesive and composite patch (Naboulsi et al., 1996). The effects of location and dimension of debonding area on strength recovery were compared, as well as strength of panels with a completely bonded reinforcement and cracked panels without any reinforcement were studied (Denney et al., 1997). The effect of geometric nonlinearity on the damage tolerance of the cracked plate was investigated by computing the stress intensity factor and fatigue growth rate of the crack in the plate (Noboulsi et al, 1998). Quite recently many studies have evaluated resistance efficiency of crack growth due to composite patch by using various techniques of finite element method (Seo et al, 2001 etc). Composite patch repairing system was little applied for steel structure. CFRP sheets are shown to relive the stress concentration at the of circular holes in steel plates (Okura et al, 2000) In this paper, durability of a single notched beam repaired with externally bonded composite under fatigue loading was experimentally and theoretically investigated based on fracture mechanics. In the theoretical study, stress intensity factor and energy release rate are obtained in closed-form equations. In the experimental study, it is shown that several fracture modes of test specimens changes due to characteristic of composite patch under static loading, as
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schematically shown in Figure 1. Under fatigue loading, resistance of crack propagation is evaluated in each composite patch. Crack propagation and delamination growth is predicted based on the proposed theoretical analysis. Repairing efficiency and repairing life are examined in terms of material properties of composite patch and characteristic bonding strength between base material and composite patch. Repairing design is discussed based on a change in fracture modes and ambivalent relation between resistance of crack propagation and repairing life.
Figure 1. Schematical fracture mode of a single notch beam repaired with externally bonded composite patch
Let the Young's modulus of the composite patch be ER. Assuming that throughthe-width debonding area with length 2c extends in both directions between the adhesive interfaces symmetrically with respect to the crack plane, the debonded composite patch can be represented as a spring with compliance Ad, to form a twodimensional mechanical model (Kageyama et al, 1995)
2. Experiment
2.1. Test specimen and test method Mild steel, SS410, was used as base specimen with a single-edge notch. The width of the specimen was 20 mm, the height was 40 mm, and the distance between two supports was 160 mm. Machined notch length was 16 mm and a fatigue crack of 2 mm was introduced at the tip of machined notch, as shown in Figure 5. The size of the base specimen was chosen according to ASTM E399-83. Two kinds of CFRP sheets (HS: high strength carbon and HM: high modulus carbon) were used to reinforce the single edge notched specimen: Cl-30 (HS), which was made by Tonen Corp., was a high strength CFRP sheet and C8-30 (HM) was a high-modulus CFRP sheet. Three kinds of reinforcing sheet thickness by varying ply number were also used: 1-ply, 2-ply and 3-ply. In total, 7 kinds of specimen were prepared.
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Under fatigue loading, other factors defining the test included a 6-Hz test frequency, an R ratio of 0.1 and a maximum load of 13000 N with load control. The crack length and debonding length between the CFRP sheet and the base material were measured.
Figure 2. Size of single notched steel beam repaired with composite patch
2.2. Result The relationship between crack growth and DK for each test specimen is shown in Figure 3. When reinforcing sheet is thicker, crack growth is also slower under fatigue loading. However, test specimens repaired with 1-ply HS sheet have little effect on resistance to crack growth. Test specimens repaired with HM sheet debond off the base material before the relationship between da/dN and DK extend to Region 11.
Figure 3. Relationship between apparent stress intensity and crack growth under fatigue loading
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KI was analysed based on the proposed theory. It was observed that the relationship between crack growth and AKI of test specimens repaired with all kinds of sheets was very similar to that of test specimen without repair, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Relationship between true stress intensity and crack growth under fatigue loading
3. Characteristic of delamination growth between steel and composite patch
3.1. CLS test Bonding strength was evaluated based on energy release rate used by CLS test as shown in Figure 5. CLS test has the advantage of easy measurement of the debonding length and single lap joint. However, neutral axis was displaced in this test specimen because this test specimen is not symmetric. Bending moment was applied to this test specimen. A new data reduction method to evaluate bonding strength based on energy release rate was proposed considering bending moment.
Figure 5. Schematic cracked lap shear test
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3.2. Result
Figure 6. Relation between debonding growth rate and A energy release rate range. The relation between A energy release rate and debonding growth rate was shown in Figure 6. Open circles in Figure 6 were average of debonding growth rate. Relation between fatigue debonding growth rate and A energy release rate was applied to Paris law. Paris law was expressed as :
Linear line could be drawn for relation between debonding growth rate and A energy release rate range. mc and Cc in material constant were represented as a follow :
Relation fatigue debonding growth and A energy release rate could be elucidated using Paris law.
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4. Simulation of crack propagation and delamination growth under fatigue loading based on theoretical analysis Under fatigue loading relation between crack propagation rate, da/dN, and A stress intensity factor, AK, of steel without composite patch based on Paris low was expressed as:
Assuming that material properties of steel and composite patch and size of test specimen is constant, stress intensity factor and energy release rate was obtained based on proposed theoretical analysis to substitute load, initial crack length and initial delamination length. As follow, crack propagation rate and delamination growth rate were obtained to substitute stress intensity factor and energy release rate for Paris low. Crack propagation rate and delamination growth rate multiplied by numerical cycle equal crack propagation length and delamination growth length. New crack length and delamination length equal crack length and delamination length added crack propagation length and delamination growth length respectively. This process was continued according to record of relation between numerical cycle and load. The flow of process to simulate crack length and delamination length is shown in Figure 7. Crack length and delamination length of repaired steel with composite patch could be predicted under fatigue loading. Simulating result of crack length and delamination length were compared to experimental result, as shown in Figure 8. When delamination length was small, simulation was not close to experimental result. Because proposed theoretical analysis was over the applicable limitation. However, as for crack propagation rate and delamination growth rate, simulation is closed to experimental result.
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Figure 7. Simulation flow of crack length and delamination length under fatigue loading based on proposed theoretical analysis
Figure 8. Comparison between experiment and simulation by crack length and delamination length of repaired steel with composite patch
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5. Repairing design using composite patch Under fatigue loading, fracture modes of test specimens repaired with HM and HS are summarized as shown in Table 1. Table 1. Fracture modes of test specimens repaired with HM and HS under fatigue loading
. ... Loading type Repairing life Resistance of crack propagation
HM Short ,,. , High
Type of composite patch _ HS Long . low
Under fatigue loading, in the case of HM composite patch, crack propagation is further suppressed, while, delamination growth occurs rapidly, leading to shorter repairing life. In those structures repaired using composite patch, some trade-off between repairing life and effect of resistance of crack propagation have to be considered. Fracture mode and repairing life might be controlled due to material properties of composite patch and bonding strength. Therefore, it may be suggested that if a suitable method is established to control material properties of composite patch and bonding strength, fracture mode and repairing life can be controlled to give a certain required repairing life.
6. Conclusion A single edge notched beam repaired with externally-bonded CFRP sheet was analyzed under three-point-bending load based on linear elastic fracture mechanics. Reduction of stress intensity factor at the crack tip was calculated theoretically. The increase in static and fatigue strength of test specimens reinforced with various CFRP sheet patches was confirmed experimentally. Resistance effects of crack propagation under fatigue loading were also evaluated experimentally. Relation between debonding growth rate and energy release rate was elucidated using CLS test. Crack length and delamination length of repaired steel with composite patch under fatigue loading could be predicted based on proposed theoretical analysis. Prediction was shown to be in a good accordance with the experimental result. Repairing design using composite patch was discussed by suggesting that bonding strength is a key parameter to control repairing life as well as material properties of composite patch.
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RC two-way slabs strengthened with composite material G. Foret, O. Limam, A. Ehrlacher Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees Laboratoire Analyse des Materiaux et Identification 6 et 8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cite Descartes - Champs-sur-Marne 77455 MARNE LA VALLEE foret@lami. enpc.fr limam@lami. enpc.fr ehrlacher@lami. enpc.fr ABSTRACT: This paper deals with strengthening of reinforced concrete two-way slabs by means of composite material thin plates. The strengthened slab is designed as a threelayered plate, bottom layer is composite material, the middle layer is the steel and the top layer is the concrete. A simplified laminated plate model is used to describe the behaviour of three-layered plate supported in four sides, which is subjected to a load in the centre. The upper bound theorem of limit analysis is used to approximate the ultimate load capacity and identify the different collapse mechanisms. Lastly, a parametric study is conducted for a RC two-way squared slab strengthened with a squared composite thin plate. KEY WORDS: Limit analysis, collapse mechanism, composite material, strengthening, RC slab.
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1. Introduction
The use of externally bonded composite materials for strengthening bridges and other reinforced concrete structures has received considerable attention in recent years. This approach is applied to a board range of structural members such as beams, columns, slabs or masonry walls (Meir 87). Because the composite plates are externally bonded to concrete structures, it is also realised that the bond at the interface between concrete and composite reinforcements has significant impact on the overall performance of strengthened structural member. Experimental investigations conducted by (Erik MA & al, 1995), (Shahaway & al, 1996) and (Teng JG, 2000) demonstrate the advantages of strengthening RC slabs with composite material. On the other hand, brittle and sudden failure due to delamination of the bonded composite plates or sheets has also been observed. Experimental investigation conducted by (Garden H.N. & al, 1998) on RC beams strengthened with composite material shows that two cases take place, the first is called "peeling -off failure" where by the whole thickness of the cover concrete has been removed. This failure mode leaves the internal steel exposed and the cover thickness still bonded to the plate. In the second case, the composite plate is left exposed with no concrete bonded to it, after failure. Failure can occur in two interfaces. When applied to multi-layered plates, classical Kirchhoff model fails to take in to account shear stress at the interfaces. Failure of multilayered structures often occurs by delamination. As consequence, analysis of separation between layers becomes essential for these structures. We design the strengthened RC slab with composite material as a three layer plate. The upper bound theorem of limit analysis is applied with a simplified plate model for multi-layered plate (M4) (Ehrlacher A. & al, 1999) (Hadj-Ahmed R. & al, 2001). It is used to describe the different collapse mechanisms with failure modes in layers and interfaces. An estimate of the ultimate load then follows from the upper bound theorem of limit analysis by equating the rate of internal energy dissipation in the velocity discontinuities sets to the rate of work done by the applied loading as the slab deforms in this mechanism.
2. Mechanical model
Lets consider a rectangular RC slab strengthened with composite material with a thickness h, length 21, a width 2L (Figure 1). A reinforced concrete slab strengthened by composite material thin plate is designed as a three-layered plate, bottom layer is composite material, the middle layer is the steel and the top layer is the compressive concrete zone. The respective ply thickness are e1, e2 and e3 (Figure 2). A z-direction load Q is applied in the centre of the plate. The multi-
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layered plate is described as an open cylindrical domain Q of R3, with a base eoe R 2 and three layers. ( e x , e y , e z ) is an orthogonal base vector of Q with (e x ,e y )eco.
Figure 1. Three layers plate
2.1. Velocity and stress fields
The multi-layered plate model (M4) gives 2n+l generalised velocity fields. U ( U J j with cce {l,2}) is the average displacement rate in ex and ey direction, W3 is the overall average displacement rate in ez direction. N (NJ xp (x,y) with a,|3e {l,2}) is the membrane stress tensor in layer i, i' ( TJ;'+1 (x,y) with a € {l,2}) is the inter-laminar shear stress at the interface i,i+l. The generalised strain velocities are given by; e (£afl(x,y)=—(—-+—-) with 2 3x,j dxa a, P e {l,2}) is the in-surface deformation velocity tensor associated to the
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membrane stress tensor at layer i, D
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Figure 2. RC slab strengthened with composite material
2.2. The upper bound theorem of limit analysis
The upper-bound theorem of limit (Johansen, 1962) and (Sale^on, 1983) involves collapses kinematic fields with discontinuities in velocity fields, denoted / in layer i and D'
in the interface (i,i+l). Velocity fields are kinematically
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3. Application to a three-layered plate
3.1. Boundary conditions and collapse criteria
The boundary conditions are given by; Uj(x,y) = 0 for x = -L, U2(x,y) = 0 for x=-l and W 3 (x,y) = 0 for (x,y) in 3d), boundary of ft). Let's considering the next criteria on generalised stress fields;
3.2. Collapse mechanisms
We consider collapse mechanisms which result in a velocity discontinuity in layers and interfaces. As indicated in figure 3, the field to is divided into 4 open sets coi, cos, C0i' and 0)2'. In the case of layer mechanisms, they are rigid regions intersections. An infinity of collapse mechanisms are considered by varying the angle a. The velocity q(U) = W3(0) is related to the load Q.
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3.2.1. Layers mechanisms:
In the case of layers mechanisms, we suppose that the velocity generalised shearing strain rates in interfaces are null: D M+I =0, with ie{l,2}. A and B respectively in layer 1 and layer 2 represents the velocity discontinuities between o)| and oo,' in x-direction. A' and B ' respectively in layer 1 and 2 represents the velocity discontinuities between 0)2 and 0)2' in y-direction. The KA velocity fields are given by:
Figure 3.Definition ofcoi, 0)2. a)/' and (fy'
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Velocity strain rate is q(U)= w3(0,y) = w3(0,y) with -y0 < y < y 0 . A sufficient condition for collapse is Q.q(U) > Pd (U), which is thus given by:
By considering the velocity discontinuities with a layer mechanisms, we get the sufficient two other sufficient conditions for collapse:
3.2.2. Interface mechanism In this case of interface mechanism, velocity discontinuities is considered in interfaces.
A sufficient condition for collapse is:
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3.2.3. Mechanisms mixed In this case of mixed mechanisms, the velocity discontinuities is considered in one layer and one interface. We expose the mixed mechanism case concerning layer 1 and interface (2,3)- We suppose that the rate of generalised shearing strain between layers 1 and 2 is null.
When considering velocity discontinuity with a mixed mechanism, we obtain three other similar conditions sufficient for collapse.
4. Parametric study
We consider a two-way squared RC slab strengthened by composite material. A square slab corresponds to 1 = L with a thickness h =7 cm. Failure can occur in layers 1, 2 and 3 with steel yielding, concrete crushing and rupture of composite thin plates. Concrete compressive strength is f,!= 30 Mpa. The tension zone in the concrete under the neutral axis is neglected. The compressive zone thickness is a. It =3
is as a membrane layer and has a resultant force tensor N , which is applied at a depth of a / 2. An approximated elastic method is used to calculate a. The compressive stress tensor strength in concrete layer is given by:N? l c =N2 2 c =-0.85af^and Nj 2c =-0.085af^. The steel reinforcement is the same in x and y directions and given by As= 2(j)6/m. Steel strength is f = 500 Mpa . The compressive and tension strength in the steel layer is given by N
nt
=N
2 2 « = A s f y > N nc = N n c = -A s f y and N?2c =O.The "peeling-off failure is
designed as a velocity discontinuity in interface (2,3). The composite thin plate debonding is designed as a velocity discontinuity in interface (1,2). The shear stress strength at the interface (1,2) is T Ic u = t2c''2 = 5 Mpa, and at the interface (2,3) is T lc 2 ' 3 = T2c2'3 = 3 Mpa. We consider that, a = 45° which corresponds to a load minimisation.
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We represent (Figure 4) the maximum supported loads for different types of eight possible mechanisms as function of L. For layer mechanisms the maximum supported loads remain constant. For mixed and interface mechanisms it increases while L increases.
Figure 4. Ultimate loads for each collapse mechanisms.
5. Conclusion
According to our simplified model, RC slabs strengthened with composite material can fail with a layer mechanism or with an interface mechanism or with a mixed mechanism. The parametric study shows that for small slab elongation, interface and mixed slab elongation are dangerous. For streamlined slabs, layer mechanisms prove to be significant. The M4-2n+l plate model doesn't take in account failure due to shear stress. This effect can be depicted independently. The parametric study shows that for streamlined squared slabs the maximum supported load remain constant while the side length 1 increases.
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6. References
Erik M.A., Heffernan PJ., "Reinforced concrete slabs externally strengthened with FRP materials" In Taerwe L, editor. Non-metallic FRP reinforcement for concrete structures, London: E & FN Spon; 1995. pp. 509-516. Garden H.N., Quantrill R.J., Hollaway L.C., Thorne A.M., Parke G.A.R., "An experimental study of the anchorage length of carbon fibre composite plate used to strengthen reinforced concrete beams", Construction and building materials, 12(1998), pp 203-219. Hadj-Ahmed R., Foret G., Ehrlacher E., "Stress analysis in adhesive joints with a multiparticle model of multilayered materials (M4)", Int. Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-307. Johansen, K.W., "Yield Line Theory", Cement and concrete Association, London, 1962. Meir U., "Bridge repair with high performance composite material." Mater Technique, 1987;4: 125-8. Philippe M., Naciri T. Ehrlacher A., "A tri-particle model of sandwich panels", Composite Science and Technology, 1999, p. 1195-1206. Salen9on J., « Calcul a la rupture et analyse limite », Presses de I'E.N.P.C. Paris. 1983,366pp. Shahawy M.A., Beitelman T., Arockiasamy M., Sowrirajan R., "Experimental investigation on structural repair and strengthening of damaged prestressed concrete slabs utilizing externally bonded carbon laminates", Composite B 1996; 27(3-4): p. 217-24. Teng J.G., Lam L., Chan W., Wang J., "Retrofitting of deficient RC cantilever slabs using GFRP strips.", J. Comp. Constr. L 2000; 4(2): p. 75-84.
Structural Soundness Evaluation of GFRP Pedestrian Bridge Iton Chou* — Keiji Kamada** — Naoki Yamamoto*** Shoichi Saeki**** — Kazuo Yamashiro***** * Technology Planning Department, Research & Development Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co, Ltd Shin-ohtemachi Bldg., 2-2-1, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8182, JAPAN iton_chou@ihi. co.jp ** Research & Development Department Ishikawajima Inspection & Instrumentation Co., Ltd. *** Structure & Strength Department, Technical Research Laboratory Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co, Ltd. **** Research Institute, Public Works Research Center ***** Roads & Highways Division, North Region Civil Engineering Office Okinawa Prefecture ABSTRACT: This paper introduces the structure of the GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics) pedestrian bridge, to which GFRP was first applied as the primary structure in Japan, constructed in Okinawa Prefecture in April of 2000. Also described mainly of several strength tests in this paper are the static loading and the natural frequency tests performed to evaluate the soundness of the bridge structure. The static loading test evaluated the rigidity of the main girders on the bridge without the pavement, and clarified that the shear rigidity in the web had to be considered in addition to theflexural rigidity in the flange. The natural frequency test evaluated the primary frequency of the bridge to be approximately 4.6 Hz, and clarified that the bridge did not cause an uncomfortable feeling in people crossing it. KEY WORDS: pedestrian bridge, GFRP, structural testing, structural soundness, natural frequency
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1. Introduction Japan is an island country with many coastlines. Steel and PC (Pre-stressed Concrete) bridges, therefore, are subject to salt damage and the resulting corrosion. Because the PC slabs of the Shingu Bridge (road bridge) in the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture were damaged by salt, it was decided that a new bridge be constructed, and FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) was adopted as the material of this new bridge (Mutsuyoshi 1992). In 1988 this FRP bridge was constructed. A pedestrian bridge made of FRP alone was also built on an experimental basis by the Public Works Research Institute (Sasaki 1996); it was a demonstration pedestrian bridge and was built on the premises of the Institute. In Okinawa Prefecture, a road park was recently constructed on the IkeiTairagawa route that runs along the coastline (Nonaka 2000, Sangyo Shizai Shinbun Co. 2000, Katayama et al., 2000). Because the road park is exposed to salty wind throughout the year, there is concern over the corrosion of the structures built there. A pedestrian bridge running across the road park, therefore, was made using GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics) because it is superior to steel and reinforced concrete in corrosion resistance. This pedestrian bridge was completed in April of 2000. It is a two-span continuous girder bridge of 37.76 m in length and 3.5 m in effective width. Because it was the first pedestrian bridge with its main structural members made of GFRP to be built in Japan, some different types of structural strength tests were conducted in the design stage to verify the structural soundness (Chou et al., 2001 a, Chou et al., 2001 b, Yamamoto et al., 2001). This paper describes two of these structural strength tests conducted to verify the overall rigidity of the pedestrian bridge. One test was a static loading test conducted in the work yard of Sunamachi's Steel Structure Division before a footpath on the pedestrian bridge was paved. Another test was a natural frequency test conducted on a temporary bridge built in Okinawa Prefecture after a footpath on the pedestrian bridge was paved. This paper reports the results of these tests.
2. Structure of the FRP pedestrian bridge The appearance of the GFRP pedestrian bridge is shown in Figure 1. The general bridge arrangement and the cross section of the FRP pedestrian bridge are shown in Figure 2. In Figure 1, the pedestrian bridge is viewed from the side of Okinawa's main island toward Ikei Island; the left supporting point is P1, the right supporting point is P3, and the central bridge footing is P2. These points correspond to the same points on the general bridge arrangement shown at the left in Figure 2. As is apparent from these figures, the pedestrian bridge is secured at the central bridge footing.
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Concerning the cross-sectional structure of the pedestrian bridge, both main girders that have a channel cross-section are main structural members, as shown at the right in Figure 2. A truss structure under the deck is joined to these main girders. The main girder is of a three-part structure. One girder is joined to another girder using joints at positions 4,650 mm to the right and left of the central bridge footing.
Figure 1. Land view of the GFRP pedestrian bridge
Figure 2. Side (left) and cross section (right) views (unit: mm)
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3. Static loading test
3.1. Test method Before a footpath on the pedestrian bridge was paved, a static loading test was conducted to verify the rigidity of the main girders. Details of the test setup are shown in Figure 3. The cross section of the main girder as well as how a load was applied to the main girder are shown in Figure 4. In the work yard of Sunamachi's Steel Structure Division, a static loading test was conducted on the pedestrian bridge having no tile pavement on the deck slab.
(Note) F1 : Loading position in P1-P2 side (Load : 46.52kN {4744kgf}) F2 : Loading position in P2-P3 side (Load : 45.74kN {4664kgf} ) v-l~v-6 : Measurement positions for the deflection of main girder
Figure 3. Schematic view of the static loading test (unit: mm) The deflection of the main girder was measured at six points (v-1 through v-6 in Figure 3) and the longitudinal strain on the flange below the main girder was also measured at twelve points. To measure deflection, a dial gauge that can measure 30 mm maximum was used. To measure strain, a two-axis strain gauge with a gauge length of 10 mm (KFG-10-120D16-11 L30M3S, made by Kyowa Dengyo Co., Ltd.) was used.
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Figure 4. Static loading test apparatus (left: cross section of main girders, right: loading conditions)
A weight was placed on two H-steels to prevent a load from concentrating on the deck slab and damaging it, as shown in Figure 4. H-steels were placed on the brace of the truss structure under the deck. A load was applied to one point (Fl) on the P1-P2 side and to one point (F2) on the P2-P3 side, as shown in Figure 3. The load values are also shown in the figure. With a load applied to these two points, the deflection of the main girder and the longitudinal strain on the flange of the main girder were measured.
3.2. Results of the static loading test and observation The results of the static loading test are shown in Table 1. In this table, theoretical values and measured values are shown for comparison regarding the deflection of the main girder and the longitudinal strain on the flange of the main girder. A distance from the supporting point P1 at the left of the pedestrian bridge is also shown (see Figure 3). In calculating theoretical deflection values, the main girder was regarded as a beam having a channel cross-section, and the deflection caused by the shearing of the web was added to the deflection caused by the bending of the main girder. In calculating the deflection caused by the bending of the main girder, the equivalent modulus of the overall main girder, E (= 14.8 GPa {1510 kgf/mm2}), was calculated using the equation shown below since the elastic modulus of the main girder in the longitudinal direction is different from that of the web in the same direction.
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EF: Elastic modulus in tension when longitudinal strain is applied to the flange of the main girder The measured value is 15.2 GPa {1550 kgf/mm2} Ew: Elastic modulus in tension when longitudinal strain is applied to the web The measured value is 13.3 GPa {1360 kgf/mm2} IF: Moment of inertia of area at the flange 3.34 x 1010 mm4 Iw: Moment of inertia of area of the web 8.95 x 109 mm4 I: Moment of inertia of area of the overall main girder 4.24 x 1010mm4 In calculating the deflection caused by the shearing of the web, the shear modulus of the web measured during the test (G\v= 2.8 GPa {286 kgf/mm2}) was used. As a cross-sectional area, a cross section of the web alone was considered. Theoretical values of longitudinal strain on the flange below the main girder were calculated based on the bending moment at each point from the left supporting point P1, assuming that a distance from a neutral axis of bending to the outside surface of the flange is half the main girder's height 1600 mm. The results shown in Table 1 indicate that not only deflection in bending but also deflection in shearing must be taken into consideration. As shown in Figure 3, some biased cloth layers were added to stacking sequence to supplement the shear rigidity of the web of the main girder. Judging from the results of a static loading test, it is presumed that more biased cloth layers should have been used. Because the strength of the flange against longitudinal flexural stress must be considered at the same time, simply increasing the number of biased cloth layers may not produce good results. We need to make further improvements by making good use of this experience. Concerning the longitudinal strain on the flange below the main girder, theoretical values are nearly equal to measured values at some points while measured values are lower than theoretical values at other points; the results vary widely. Because the main girder was made in the hand lay-up process, the actual flange is thicker than a flange that was designed with a uniform thickness of 35 mm, as shown in Figure 2. The thickness of the actual flange also varies more toward the longitudinal direction. This is thought to be the cause of the difference between theoretical and measured values. Overall, measured values are smaller than theoretical values and therefore it is concluded that there is no problem with the rigidity of the main girders of the pedestrian bridge.
Table 1 Results of the static hading test Distance from the left pier P1 (mm)
4537
4919
9838
(v-1)
(v-2)
10527
13527
14 427
14757
15627
16527
(Joint)
(Joint)
(v-3)
(Joint)
(Joint)
Bending
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4.02
5.49
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•
•
2.78
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•
Shear
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0.77
1.55
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1.89
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Total
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4.80
7.04
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•
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4.68
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•
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5.70
5.74
Longtudinal strain on the lower
Theoretical
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flang of main girder (u mm)
Measuted
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22 827
Theoretical deflection value (mm)
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•
3.81
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181
54
17
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-34
-72
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88
44
18
-4
-29
23727
23 982
24 927
25 827
28288
32594
33327
(Joint)
(Joint)
(v-4)
(Joint)
(Joint)
(v-5)
Bending
•
-
1.07
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•-
2.97
•
2.44
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Shear
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•
1.54
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•
3.09
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0.75
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Total
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2.61
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6.06
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3,19
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Measureddeflectionvalue(mm)
Distance from the left pier P1 (mm)
Theoreticaldeflection value (mm)
Measureddeflectionvalue(mm) Longtudinal strain on the lower
Theoretical
flange of mail girder (u mm) Measured
28827
(v-6)
-
-
2.33
-
-
3.72
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2.62
-
-81
-46
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1
37
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154
-
68
•32
-3
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4
32
•
75
-
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(Note) 1 : Plus value of deflection represents the downward one. 2 : Plusandminusvaluesof longtudinal strains represent tensile and compressive strains respectively.
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4. Natural frequency test
4.1. Test method Because it was decided that the FRP pedestrian bridge be first built and then its footpath be paved, a natural frequency test was conducted on-site in Okinawa Prefecture to verify the primary natural frequency. Details of the test setup are shown in Figure 5. How a natural frequency test was conducted is shown in Figure 6. As acceleration sensors, a servo-type, low-frequency vibroscope (AVL-25A, Akashi Co., Ltd.) and a detector (V401BR, Akashi Co., Ltd.) were used. The setting of these acceleration sensors is shown in Figure 6; after aluminum foils were affixed to the tile pavement, the acceleration sensors were set and secured using an instant adhesive. As shown in Figure 5, the acceleration sensors were set at nine points in the longitudinal direction of the pedestrian bridge and vibration was applied to six points (@, CD, ®, ©, (2), and ®). Measurement was made and data was collected at these six points. To cause vibration, a man jumped on each point, as shown in Figure 6, and measurement was made three times at each of these six positions. ® ~ ® Accelerometer installation positions
Figure 5. Schematic view of the natural frequency test (unit: mm)
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Figure 6. Natural frequency test apparatus (left: loading by the jumping, right: setup of acceleration sensors). 4.2. Test results and observation The result of spectrum analysis based on data collected at points © is shown in Figure 7. The first peak value appeared at a frequency of 4.60 Hz. Assuming that the pedestrian bridge is a simple beam having one cross section, primary and secondary natural frequencies can be calculated theoretically (Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers). Providing that the rigidity of a beam is El, the mass per unit length is p and the length of a beam is L. The natural frequency f when a beam vibrates in a traverse direction can be expressed, using the equation [2]:
Here, A, is a coefficient and a combination of fixed support and simple support techniques are used at ends of a beam. In this setup, the primary frequency is A, =3.927 and the secondary frequency is A, =7.069. The length L is 19.677 m on the P1-P2 side and it is 17.223 m on the P2-P3 side. If El is defined as the design rigidity of a main girder (E =11.8 GPa {1200 kgf7mm2}) and p is defined as the actual measured weight, natural frequencies on the P1-P2 and P2-P3 sides are as follows: P1-P2 side - primary: 4.58 Hz, secondary: 14.84 Hz P2-P3 side - primary: 5.98 Hz, secondary: 19.38 Hz After this result is examined relative to the results shown in Figure 7, the primary natural frequency of the pedestrian bridge should be about 4.6 Hz. A peak value that appeared at 6.45 Hz in Figure 7 is considered to be equivalent to the primary natural frequency on the P2-P3 side.
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To ensure that people feel secure when walking on a pedestrian bridge, it must be designed so that its primary natural frequency is controlled well below approximately 2 Hz (1.5 to 2.3 Hz) (Japan Society of Roads & Highways 1981). It is concluded from the results of the static loading test conducted that people can feel safe and secure when walking on the GFRP pedestrian bridge being discussed in this paper.
Figure 7. An example of the results on spectrum analysis
5. Conclusions In developing the GFRP pedestrian bridge, a static loading test was conducted before its footpath was paved and a natural frequency measurement test was conducted after its footpath was paved. We found from the results of the static loading test that both the flexural rigidity of the flange and the shear rigidity of the web must be taken into consideration to make proper rigidity design for the main girder and that the longitudinal strain on the flange below the main girder constitutes no problem because measured values are mostly smaller than theoretical values. We also verified from the results of a natural frequency measurement test that the primary natural frequency of the pedestrian bridge is about 4.6 Hz and that 4.6 Hz is not the level of frequency that makes people feel unsafe (1.5 to 2.3 Hz) when walking on it.
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Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank to the cooperation and advice of the staff of Asahi Glass Matex Co,, Ltd for completing this work. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Nayomon Uno, the chief engineer, and Mr. Nobuhiko Kitayama, the staff engineer, at the Bridge & Road Construction Division, also to the staff of the Structure & Strength Department at the Research Laboratory, and the staff at the Instrumentation System Group of Ishikawajima Inspection & Instrumentation Co., Ltd.
References Chou I., Kamada K., Saeki S., Yamashiro K., "Experimental Evaluation on the Rigidity of Main Girders and the Natural Vibration Frequency in FRP Pedestrian Bridge", IHI Engineering Review, vol.34, no.4, Oct. 2001 a, p. 101-105. Chou I., Kamada K., Saeki S., Yamashiro K., "Experimental Evaluation on Joints in FRP Pedestrian Bridge", IHI Engineering Review, vol.34, no.4, Oct. 2001 b, p. 110-113. Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, A3 Mechanics and Mechanical Vibrations (in Japanese). Japan Society of Roads & Highways, Specifications for Pedestrian Bridges, 1981 (in Japanese). Kitayama N., Saeki S., Yamashiro K., "Schema of FRP Pedestrian Bridge Constructed in Okinawa Prefecture", Proceedings of the 55th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, I-A, no.230, Sept. 2000 (in Japanese). Mutsuyoshi H., "Application of FRP for Construction Structures", Journal of Japan Society for Composite Materials, vol.18, no.3, May 1992, p.95-101 (in Japanese). Nonaka K., "Zoom Up Bridge - Construction of FRP Pedestrian Bridge in Ikei-Tairagawa Route (Okinawa Prefecture) - The First Application of Plastics for Main Structures", Nikkei Construction April 28th, 2000, p.28-32 (in Japanese). Sangyo Shizai Shinbun Co., The Engineering Plastic Journal, no.712, June 2000 (in Japanese). Sasaki I., "Application of FRP for Main Structures of Pedestrian Bridge", Civil Engineering Letters, vol.38, no. 11, Nov. 1996, p.4-5 (in Japanese).
Yamamoto N., Chou I., Saeki S., Yamashiro K., "Analytical Evaluation on the Joint Structure of the Main Girder in FRP Pedestrian Bridge", IHI Engineering Review, vol.34, no.4, Oct. 2001, p. 106-109.
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Analysis of the Efficiency of Composites in Improving Serviceability of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Structures Stephane Avril* — Alain Vautrin* — Patrice Hamelin Surref**
— Yves
* SMS/MeM, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, 158 Cours Fauriel, 42023 Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France.
[email protected] [email protected] ** L2M, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France. hamelin@iutal2m. univ-lyonJ.fr *** BNM-1NM/CNAM,
[email protected] 292 rue Saint Martin, 75141 Paris, France.
ABSTRACT: The mechanical behaviour of Steel-Reinforced-Concrete beams strengthened with CFRP laminates bonded on the soffit is addressed. The displacement fields over the lateral surface of the tested beams are measured with a grid method. It is shown that the behaviour at the global scale is well assessed by the beam theory of Bernoulli. It permits to calculate the average longitudinal strains in each component just from the curvature and the position of the neutral axis. The displacement fields are also utilized to locate cracks and to measure their widths. The method is applied to compare cracking in a damaged concrete beam before and after bonding a composite laminate. It leads to an interesting characterization of crack bridging induced by the repair and it proves that the serviceability has been enhanced. KEY WORDS: reinforced concrete, repair with composites, crack bridging, optical method.
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1. Introduction Strengthening or repairing degraded Steel-Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) is nowadays gaining an increasing success. The technique is well established practically and several commercial processes are available all over the world (Ferrier 1999). On the other hand, universal design guidelines are not yet available even if most of the task groups [AFGC 2001] emphasize the need for special requirements to utilize these materials in the field of civil engineering. Rehabilitation of concrete can be related either to failure considerations or to serviceability considerations. The latter is addressed here. Under service loads, stresses should be limited to prevent the yielding of steel re-bars. Besides, wide cracks may be harmful to internal steel (corrosion). According to several authors (Triantafilou et al., 1992, Raoof et al., 1997), damage mechanisms near the cracks, occurring before yielding of the steel, can also be responsible for the debonding of the laminate. General results on the behaviour of strengthened or repaired beams listed in the literature (Quantrill et al., 1998, Mukhopadhyaya, 1999) show an increase in the stiffness, a reduction of tensile strains in concrete, a delayed appearance of concrete cracks and a narrower crack spacing. However, serviceability analyses are currently mainly qualitative. Models involving tension stiffening or crack bridging are scarce. Refined experimental studies are still necessary to understand local phenomena and their influence onto the global behaviour of the structure. The present study focuses on this problem. The grid method (Surrel, 1994) is used to obtain global and local information on the mechanical behaviour under service loads of cracked RC beams repaired with composites.
2. Experimental procedure
2.1. Specimens The tested specimens are small-scale beams for more convenience and test facilities. Their design is governed by the similitude theory which leads to the different scale factors to be used with respect to the real-scale reference model. These factors are obtained on the basis of a dimensional study (Ovigne et al., 2000). The basic scale factor for lengths is 1/3.
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Steel bars and stirrups dimensions (Figure 1) as well as aggregate size and granulometry of the micro-concrete are also controlled to match the reference values multiplied by the scale factors. The real-scale model is a 2000x250x150 mm reinforced concrete beam designed to fail in flexure by steel yielding and concrete crushing.
Figure 1. Details of the specimens and experimental set-up
2.2. Testing program on RC beams A four-point bending test is carried out on five reinforced concrete beams whose internal structure has been described (Figure 1). The main objectives of this first test are: - to create tensile cracks in order to simulate the degradation, - to characterize the mechanical behaviour of cracked beams strengthening.
before
Each test is stopped at 60% of the load corresponding to the rebars yielding. Then, the beams are unloaded. A second bending test is carried out directly up to failure on one of the precracked beams. This beam is used as the reference unstrengthened beam. The other four, out of the five pre-cracked beams, are repaired with a composite laminate bonded on the bottom surface. The bonded CFRP laminate is made of a unidirectional high modulus carbon fibres taffetas (330 g/m2 reference Hexcel 46320) and epoxy resin (Ciba LY 5052). It is directly polymerised on the specimen, the first epoxy resin layer working as the bonding joint. The thickness of the bonding joint is 0.4 mm and the thickness of the composite is 0.4 mm. A tensile test carried out on such a laminate provides a Young modulus of 55 000 MPa.
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After polymerisation, the repaired beams are loaded in flexure up to the steel rebar yielding load. The bending test and instrumentation are the same as the one used in the case of unstrengmened beams.
2.3. Instrumentation Each beam is instrumented with a 145-mm-long Mecanorma Normatex 3135 bidirectional grid on a lateral surface over the constant moment span (Figure 1). A grid is a set of parallel black lines drawn over a white surface. The process to put it on the surface is very simple : the grids are directly deposited by transfer. A bi-directional grid is then the superposition of two perpendicular unidirectional grids. The only requirement to fulfill is that the grid is integral with the specimen. In-plane displacements of the surface can be deduced from the deformation of the grid lines (Surrel 1994). Several papers have already been published on this method and the good setting of the parameters of it. Previous studies have conducted to the validation for its application to concrete structures (Avril et al., 2001). In our experiments, the grid pitch, i.e. the distance between two contiguous lines, is 571 um. We use a numeric BASLER A113 CCD sensor with 1200x1200 pixels connected to a PC in order to grab the images. The displacement computation is performed with an in-house software called Frangyne2000. The resolution of the measurement, i.e. the smallest displacement we are capable to measure, is about 2 or 3 um, depending on the quality of the grid transfer. The spatial resolution (Surrel 1999), i.e. the length of an individual sensor, is 1.2 mm.
3. Results
3.1. General aspect Examples of displacement fields have been plotted in Figure 2a and 2b. These displacements are similar whether the beam has been repaired or not. In particular, discontinuities of ux field are always linked to the presence of a crack, as it was shown in a previous study (Avril et al., 2002-1). It can be noticed that the cracks never propagate beyond a certain height, which is actually the location of the neutral axis of the beam. Once the neutral axis has been determined, the field can always be divided into two main areas: - above the neutral axis, the compressive area governed by the mechanics of continuous media.
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- below, the tensile area where the material is discontinuous and the mechanical behavior is mainly controlled by crack opening mechanisms. The main effects of the composite are analysed in the following sections, focusing firstly on the global curvature, then on strains and finally on crack growth and opening in the tensile area.
Figure 2a. Example of an experimental ux field.
Figure 2b. Example of an experimental uy field.
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Figure 3a. Localisation of pixels where the absolute deviation of ux experimental field from the beam model is less than 2 um for an unstrengthened RC beam.
Figure 3b. Localisation of pixels where the absolute deviation of ux experimental field from the beam model is less than 2 um for a strengthened RC beam. 3.2. Global behaviour At any step of loading, the actual beam is modelled by an equivalent continuous and homogenous beam verifying the theory of Bernoulli. The displacement fields of the modelled beam are only governed by two parameters: the curvature x and the neutral axis position Z. The equations of beams lead to:
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where: ux(x,y) is the modelled horizontal displacement field, uy(x,y) is the modelled vertical displacement field, R0 is the local rotation at the origin, ux0 is the horizontal displacement at the origin - ux0 = ux(0,0) - and uy0 is the vertical displacement at the origin - uy0 = uy(0,0). All the parameters are identified from the experimental fields in the compressive area. The purpose is to compare experimental and modelled fields. The comparison is made for ux field by plotting locations where the modelled and the experimental field ux are equal (Figure 3a and Figure 3b). The following criterion is used : at one pixel, if the absolute difference between the experimental and the modelled displacement is less than 2 um, then the pixel is black, else it is white. A cut off value of ±2 um has been chosen because it is the resolution of the optical method. It can be noticed that most of pixels in the compressive area respect the criterion, both before and after repair (Figure 3). It means that the mechanics of this part of the beam is not modified drastically by the composite effect and also that it is well suited to the identification of the global curvature x. Only the stiffness is slightly increased. For example, by investigating the moment / curvature diagram, one can notice that for the same global curvature, the applied bending moment curvature is increased (Figure 4).
3.3. Semi-global behaviour In the tensile area, some rare locations are detected where the modelled and the experimental field are similar. They are mostly concentrated in narrow strips aligned perpendicularly to the length of the beam (Figure 3). The cross sections located in these strips are the only ones to remain plane (even if only the surface displacement is measured, it is assumed that the whole cross section remains plane : the internal behaviour will be discussed further). The trends of ux(x , y=ycs) is linear in the vicinity of the located strips, meaning that only the cross section at the middle of each strip can be considered as remaining plane. In the tensile area, the modelled longitudinal strain has no physical significance for concrete, because stretching is rather an accumulation of crack widths than a real material straining. Thus it is quite natural that only a few cross sections remain plane after bending, since deformation modes are really different from the top to the bottom of the beam. However, the existence of several plane sections observed experimentally shows that the behaviour is globally similar to the one of a classical beam. As a matter of fact, at any cross section where there is no compatibility between the displacement of the cover concrete and the displacement of the reinforcement, sliding induces a shear transfer. Tensile and shear strains result in concrete. It proves that at any cross section where there is concordance between experimental data and the model, the sliding of reinforcements must be zero. Accordingly, the average
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longitudinal strain, over the distance separating two contiguous cross sections among the only ones to remain plane, is equal to the modelled longitudinal strain at the same height. Therefore, the following formula can be used for concrete in compression and steel:
On the other hand, the average longitudinal strain over the composite is less because of the residual strain when it was bonded:
Figure 4. Moment / curvature diagram for one tested beam
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Figure 5. Stages of cracking in a RC beam repaired with composites. 3.4. Local behaviour The longitudinal displacement field is utilized for crack visualisation and characterisation (Avril et al., 2002-2). The results obtained for unrepaired and repaired beams are quite different (Figure 5). This is the consequence of the occurrence of two types of new cracks: - most of them are oblique shear cracks : they do not propagate up to the neutral axis but they are deflected towards the neighbouring pre-existing crack at the level of the internal re-bars. They are called tributary cracks. - a few are vertical and appear halfway between two pre-existing contiguous cracks. They are not deviated in their propagation towards the neutral axis. They may result of tensile stresses in the concrete induced by the action of crack bridging of the composite laminate.
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The creation of new cracks, especially tributary ones, is a phenomenon specific to repaired beams. No new cracks are detected when the reference unrepaired beam is loaded up to failure. Thus, the tensile strain exx(ycs) of the modelled beam corresponds in the tensile area to the accumulation of two types of crack widths : large ones for pre-existing cracks and smaller ones for the new ones (Figure 5). Crack width can be linked to the global curvature by the following formula:
where: W(ycs) is the width of a vertical crack at the height ycs, D is the distance separating the two localised plane sections which surround the investigated crack (Figure 4), Q(ycs) is homogeneous to a strain: it takes into account either the contribution of real straining of concrete before the creation of tributary cracks, or the contribution of the new cracks opening. It results from the crack bridging by the composite laminate, phenomenon that is mostly effective near the soffit. It is worth noting the main difference between unrepaired and repaired beams lies in Q(ycs). For steel-reinforced concrete beams, Q(ycv) is about zero. On the other hand, for repaired beams, Q(ycs) can represent 20% of the modelled equivalent strain e xx(ycs)- However, when ycs is above the position of steel rebars, exx(ycs) is negligible: the contribution of Q(ycs) is mainly concentrated in the cover concrete.
4. Discussion The objective is here to characterize the range of serviceability improvement induced by bonding composite laminates. Two points are addressed: - the stresses in concrete and steel, - the maximum width of cracks. The stresses in concrete and steel are derived from the strains multiplied by the respective modulus. The strains in both materials are assessed directly from the modelled beam, because the experimental results have proved that the modelled strains and the experimental strains are similar in average. Finally, stresses are proportional to the curvature x such as:
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where os is the steel stress, oc is the maximum concrete stress, Es the Young modulus of steel, Ec the Young modulus of concrete, d is the distance from the soffit up to the steel rebars location and h is the height of the beam. The maximum width of cracks is given by Equation [5]. It is thus generally inferior to xDZ for a repaired beam because of tributary cracks. Moreover, D may be lower for a repaired beam than for an unrepaired one because of new crack occurrence. However, for simplicity purpose, we can keep xDZ as an upper limit for crack widths in a repaired beam. Like the stresses, the crack width upper limit is also proportional to the curvature x. Therefore, a relevant criterion for characterizing serviceability improvement induced by CFRP reinforcement is the loading increase that the structure can sustain after repair for a given curvature. The rate is 10% for a curvature of 0.045 m-1 in the example plotted in Figure 4. This means that if the loading is increased of 10% after repair, crack maximum widths will not be affected just thanks to the strengthening effect. It is quite important since wide cracks may be harmful with regard to penetration of moisture, salt or oxygen and then induce steel corrosion. Furthermore, the stiffening effect is also significant with regard to stresses and may increase the fatigue strength of the whole structure. Finally, it shows that the durability of a beam can be increased by bonding a composite plate on its soffit. However, this study is only a preliminary study and two points should be examined more carefully: - the behaviour of the structure is strongly non-linear, because of internal friction between steel and concrete. Moreover, the loading of a real construction includes for the most part its own weight. Both statement have consequences on the stiffening effect of the external reinforcement. - the mechanical properties of composites and adhesives are time-dependent. Their damage or ageing may reduce the stiffening rate and annihilate the durability enhancement (Ferrier 1999). The former point is addressed here (Figure 4). It can be noticed that the curvature diminution at a given moment is mainly dependent of the residual curvature remaining after unloading. The stiffening effect could be improved if the residual curvature was reduced, provided that the slope after strengthening was not changed. Finally, the current results highlight the strong dependence of strengthening on the history of the damaged structure. This dependence is being characterised presently in our laboratory in order to supply relevant guidelines for the design of flexural repairs with composites.
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5. Conclusion Five RC beams have been investigated. They have been cracked in order to simulate service conditions of life of a real structure, and then strengthened with a CFRP laminate bonded on the bottom surface. Every beam has been equipped with grids over the lateral surface in the midspan area. An in-house developed optical method, called the grid method, has been utilized to extract displacement fields from the grid deformation. The analysis of displacements fields has led to the main following conclusions: - the grid method reveals to be well adapted for the study of cracks. The crack width is measured accurately by calculating the height of discontinuities over the field. A comparison between repaired and unrepaired beams shows that the effect of rehabilitation by CFRP laminates is a significant reduction of crack widths. - the detection of plane sections proves that the repair do not modify drastically the behaviour of the structure. The parameters of an equivalent homogenous beam can be identified, meaning that a beam of Bernoulli is still relevant to model the mechanical behaviour of the repaired cracked structure. - the moment/curvature curve of the identified modelled beam is complex. The main effect of the strengthening is a slight stiffening. However, the effectiveness of the stiffening effect strongly depends of the loading history of the damaged structure. This study has provided a first insight in composite potentiality for improving serviceability and durability of constructions and buildings. The objective is now to validate the results on full-scale specimens.
Acknowledgement We are grateful to the "Region RHONE-ALPES" for its financial support to our research work within the framework of the regional project: "rehabilitation of civil engineering structures with composite materials: modelling of repaired cracked beams".
6. References AFGC, "Repair and strengthening of concrete structures by means of composite materials with organic matrix", in: comptes rendus de l'Association Fransaise de Genie Civil, Recommendations of the first task group concerning materials testing and manufacturing.
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Avril S., Ferrier E., Hamelin P., Surrel Y., Vautrin A., "Reinforced Concrete Beams by Composite Materials : Optical Method for Evaluation", proceedings of the International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2001, Ed. J.G. Teng, Elsevier, 2001, Vol. 1, p.449-456. Avril S., Vautrin A., Hamelin P., "Mechanical behaviour of cracked beams strengthened with composites: application of a full-field measurement method", Concrete Science and Engineering, submitted January 2002. Avril S., Vautrin A., Surrel Y., "Grid Method, Application to the characterization of cracks", Experimental Mechanics, submitted March 2002. Ferrier E., "Composite-concrete interface behaviour under thermo-stimulated creep and fatigue loading. Application to estimated calculation of RC beam durability", Doctoral thesis UCB Lyon I, 1999. Mukhopadhyaya P., Swamy R.N, "Debonding of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plate from concrete beams", Proc. Inst. Civ. Engrs., Structs. & Bldgs, vol.134: p.301-317,1999. Ovigne P.A., Massenzio F., Hamelin P., "Mechanical behavior of small scale reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened by CFRP laminates in the static and dynamic domains", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, Ottawa, 2000. Quantrill R. J., Hollaway L.C., "The flexural rehabilitation of reinforced concrete beams by the use of pre-stressed advanced composite plates", Composite Science and Technology, vol.58: p. 1259-1275, 1998. Raoof M., Zhang S., "An insight into the structural behavior of reinforced concrete beams with externally bonded plates", Proc. Inst. Civ. Engrs., Structs. & Bldgs, vol.122: p.477492, 1997. Surrel Y., "Moire and grid methods in optics : a signal-processing approach", proceedings of SPIE, vol.2342: p.213-220,1994. Surrel Y., "Fringe Analysis", in Photomechanics, pp. 57-104, P.K. Rastogi Ed., Springer, 1999. Triantafillou T.C., Plevris N., "Strengthening of RC beams with epoxy-bonded fibercomposite materials", Mater. Struct, vol.25: p.201-211, 1992.
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Applications of Retrofit and Repair using Carbon Fibers Kohzo Kimura — Hideo Katsumata OBAYASHl Corporation Technical Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
[email protected] KATUMATA @o-net.obayashi.co.jp ABSTRACT. Oboyashi Corporation has been studying application techniques using carbon fiber since 1985. In the civil engineering of Japan, fiber reinforced plastics have been used for the retrofit and repair of structures after the Hansin-Awaji earthquake in 1995. In this paper, the summary of the retrofit techniques developed by Obayashi Corporation, called"Carbon fiber Retrofitting System (CRS)" and "Torayca laminate system", and some applications using these techniques are described. KEY WORDS :: carbon fiber, CFRP laminate, retrofitting, repair, concrete structure
1. Introduction Research and development of the concrete structures using the reinforcements consist of high-strength fibers have been underway since the early of 1980's in Japan. In 1986, the concrete curtain wall, pre-cast concrete outer panel mixed chopped carbon fiber, was installed, and a pre-stressed concrete bridge using carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the pre-stressed strand was constructed in Ishikawa prefecture in 1988 (Kimura et al., 2000). In the civil engineering of Japan, fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) reinforcements are mainly used for three objects, because of high-strength, light-weight and noncorrosion. The first is on behalf of the conventional reinforcement bar and the strand. The second is the retrofit material for existing concrete structures. The demand of the carbon and the aramid fiber sheets for this use has been increased year by year since 1995, after the Hansin-Awaji earthquake. The last is on behalf of the steel members such as the steel pipe and the shape steel. Since 1985, Obayashi Corporation has been studying application techniques of carbon fiber (CF), including several cooperative studies with material manufactures (Katsumata et al., 1988, 1996, Kobatake et al., 1993, Hagio et al., 1998). For
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retrofitting and repair of existing reinforced concrete structures, we use three types of carbon fiber products, those are CF strand, CF sheet and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) laminate. The retrofitting and repair techniques using these products are the following three; - Shear retrofitting by CF strands winding or CF sheets wrapping (Figure 1) - Flexural retrofitting by CF sheets gluing or CFRP laminates bonding (Figure 2) - Combination of the above two techniques In this paper, the summary of applications of retrofit and repair using CF developed by Obayashi Corporation are described.
Figure 1. Shear retrofitting by CF strands winding or CF sheets wrapping
gluing of CF sheets
bonding of CFRP laminates
Figure 2. Flexural retrofitting by CF sheets gluing or CFRP laminates bonding
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2. Seismic retrofitting method of existing concrete structures
2.1. Retrofitting of concrete column (Katsumata et al., 1988, 1996) Some existing reinforced concrete columns do not have enough shear strength and ductility against a several earthquake shock. We have developed a new seismic retrofitting method using carbon fiber called "Carbon fiber Retrofitting System (CRS)" in collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Figure 1). In procedure, carbon fiber strands consists of 12,000 monofilaments or carbon fiber sheets are wound onto the surface of the existing columns. The carbon fiber strand passes through resin bath filled epoxy resin and is winding around the concrete structure. And carbon fiber sheet are placed by hand with the adhesive on the concrete surface in the transverse direction. This technique improves the earthquake-resistant capacity of the columns as follows: - Increase in shear strength - Improvement of ductility - Increase in compressive capacity This method has the following advantages, comparing with the current methods. - It is easy to provide required shear and ductile capacities. - Retrofit works do not influence the stiffness of the retrofitted columns. - It is possible to minimize increase in weight accompanied with retrofitting. -There is no need of skillful workers in construction. - It is easy to control the quality of construction. The winding work of CF strand is carried out using an automatic winding machine shown in Figure 3 in order to save labor and cost. This machine is also applicable for retrofitting of bride columns.
Figure 3. CF strand winding machine
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- Supporting wheel (lower ring) suspended by the suspending-chain and moved up and down - Rotating wheel (upper ring) coupled with the supporting wheel and rotated with the epoxy resin impregnation unit. - Suspending chain to suspend the supporting wheel from the ceiling. - Epoxy resin impregnation unit to impregnate epoxy resin with the carbon fiber. Application: Osaka Castle (Katsumata et al., 2001) Osaka Castle is one of the most famous historical buildings in Japan (Figure 4). The building age is over 70, so many parts were damaged. The structural evaluation also revealed that the building was not strong against the considerable maximum earthquakes in future. Thus, the building was retrofitted, including structural strengthening. "The Carbon fiber Retrofitting System" was applied for short columns. CF sheet are placed and glued by hand with impregnating epoxy resin (Figure 5). Cure for FRP fabrication is carried out on site. However, for long columns, CF strand winding is applied because CF winding is superior on work speed and quality control and suitable for large-scaled applications. CF winding employs a winding machine shown Figure 3 and CF strand supplies toward the column, impregnating epoxy resin and rotating around the column.
Figure 4. Osaka Castle
Figure 5. Column reinforced by CF sheets
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2.2. Retrofitting of concrete chimney (Kobatake et al., 1993) Some of existing reinforced concrete chimneys in Japan have often damaged and sometimes broken at the height of 2/3 or more of the total height when a large earthquake attacked. This is because the previous design regulations did not demand enough flexural strength in the top part of chimneys. Longitudinal reinforcement should be performed for seismic retrofitting. In 1987, Obayashi Corporation have developed in collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation a retrofitting method for increasing flexural capacity of existing chimneys. The method employs CF sheets to longitudinally glue onto the concrete surface in order to provide flexural capacity needed for chimneys. It also employs CF strands to transversely wind on the outside of the glued CF sheets in order to confirm the bond between the CF sheet and the concrete surface and to prevent concrete from crack by the thermal stress owing to smoke exhaustion. A special lift scaffold was developed for the retrofit works (Figure.6, Figure 7). This method overcomes the difficulties arising from the current retrofitting methods. The technical merits are summarized as follows. - The operation of the chimney is not disturbed because the outside of the chimney is retrofitted. - Increase in weight accompanied with retrofitting is negligibly small because CF sheets, which are very light weight, are glued with epoxy adhesive. - High retrofitting effect is obtained and the cost of retrofitting is reduced. - The durability of concrete is improved because the CF sheets cover the outside of the concrete surface and isolate from corrosive gas, acid rain and sea water spray. In 1991, Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association made a technical evaluation for this retrofitting technique. The evaluation of this association means that the high technical significance of this CF gluing technique is publicly authorized. Obayashi Corporation has already retrofitted over 55 chimneys for 10 years from 1991 to 2001. For another application, as shown in Figure 8, a Japanese shrine gate "Torii" was repaired using CF sheets.
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Figure 6. Scaffold lift for field work
Gluing of CF sheet
Figure 8. Repair of "Torii'
Winding of CF strand
Figure 7. Sates of the retrofitting on chimney
3. Retrofit and repair method for existing beam and slab (Hagio et al., 1998) The retrofit and repair method against flexural force using CFRP laminate has developed by Obayashi, Toray and Sika Japan in 1996. This method is called "Torayca laminate system". "Torayca" is a registered trademark of high performance carbon fiber manufactured by Toray.
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3.1. Material The CFRP laminate shown in Figure 8 consists of high strength and high modulus carbon fiber in an epoxy-based thermoset matrix and has 50mm width and three kinds of thickness, 1.0mm, 1.5mm and 2.0mm. The carbon fibers in the laminate with 1.0mm thickness are equivalent in 4 or 6 layers of CF sheet used in practice. The tensile strength of CFRP laminate is 2.4 kN/mrn2 and the elastic modulus is 155 kN/mm2. CFRP laminate is prefabricated by pultrusion process and after cure the contact face with the adhesive is pre-treated with sandind in the factory. Epoxy resin adhesive of high cohesion is used for gluing onto the concrete surface.
Figure 9. CFRP laminates and Epoxy resin adhesive 3.2. Retrofit and repair method This system has the following advantages, comparing with the current methods. - CFRP laminate and CF sheet have the advantage of easy handling and high corrosion resistance, and there is no change in the sectional dimension of structural members before and after the execution. - Thanks to the light-weight and the moderate stiffness of CFRP laminate, the repair works are easily at narrow space, such as the repair of the footing beam or the underside of the lowest floor slab (The left of Figure 10). Usually many equipment pipes are arranged near the underside of floor slab, this system has made possible to repair without movement of pipes (The right of Figure 10). - In the case of upward work, due to the use of the high viscosity resin and the light weight material there is neither need for mechanical equipment for pressing the CFRP laminate onto the substrate nor it is necessary to provide supporting devices to keep overhead CFRP laminate in place.
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Figure 10. The repair of footing beam and underside of floor slabs using this system The process of this system is following. At first, the surface of the concrete has to been prepared by sand disk grinder and then cleaned by vacuum cleaner. And necessary restoration work is carried out with mortar or epoxy moral before application of the adhesive for the CFRP laminate. Next the impregnation resin is applied by rubber spatula onto the concrete. Immediately after resin scraped, the epoxy resin is applied in conical shape onto the completely cleaning CFRP laminate by means of a specially developed instrument. The CFRP laminate has carefully been pressed on by means of a hard rubber roller, squeezing out the fresh adhesive at the sides. The conical shape of the adhesive layer allows complete evacuation of air on both sides during the pressing on by roller. Excess adhesive is carefully removed with spatula and the CFRP laminate surface is cleaned. 3.3. Application Usually this system is applied for the repair and the retrofit of the concrete structures as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 10, and accordingly the number of application applied this system is over 80 for 5 years from 1996 to 2001. Two specific applications applied this system, except for concrete structures, are described below. 3.3.1. Kosaka mine office (wooden building; Akitaprefecture) (Onose et al., 2001) This building, which is three stories wooden structure and has Renaissance style dormer window and balcony, was constructed in 1905 and has been evaluated the architectural worth and has been specified the cultural assets of Kosaka-cho in 1997. After repair and restore to its original state, the building has been used for the resort facility of the town. The CFRP laminates have been used for the reinforcements of the wooden beams. For the purpose of the application of this building, the structural performances of CFRP laminates glued wooden beam was tested.
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Figure 11. The appearance of the building Figure 12. Gluing of CFRP laminates 3.3.2. Shiriya-zaki lighthouse (brick construction; Aomori prefecture)(Kalsumata et. al., 2001) Shiriya-zaki lighthouse, located in the north end region of Honshu Island, is beautiful brick tower (Figure 13) and has historical worth. It was designed by British engineer R.H. Brunton and constructed in 1877, however the bending strength of the tower against earthquake load was not enough. The upper part from the landing was destroyed by a bombing at the second world war, and reconstructed by means of reinforced concrete after the war. Retrofit was carried out using CFRP laminates. Ten of 86 CFRP laminates arranged around the tower have tensioned and others have glued onto the surface of bricks. The downside end of the tensioned CFRP laminate has anchored hi the foundation newly constructed and the other has fixed on the upper bed of the tower landing. The tensioned CFRP laminates have caused compression to the bricks consequently the bending strength of the tower is increased.
Figure 13. Appearance of the lighthouse
Figure 14. Gluing of CFRP laminates
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Prestress
Axial Bars
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Figure 15. Retrofitting techniques for lighthouse
4. Conclusions The repair and retrofitting techniques using carbon fiber products enable change of sectional dimension of structural elements negligibly small and make easy to execute in the site due to the superior properties of carbon fiber, light weight and high strength. In civil engineering, the application of FRP products will be increased in the future, as the advancements of material property are higher and higher.
References Hagio H., Katsumata H., Kimura K and Kobatake Y., "A Study of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structure Retrofitted by Carbon Fiber", First Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-l), 1998. Katsumata H., Kobatake Y and Takeda T., "A Study on Strengthening with Carbon Fiber for Earthquake-Resistant Capacity of Existing Reinforced Concrete Columns", Proceedings of 9WCEE, 1988. Katsumata H and Kobatake Y, "Seismic Retrofit with Carbon Fibers for Reinforced Concrete Columns", Proceedings of 11WCEE, 1996. Katsumata H and Kimura K., "Experience of FRP Strengthening for Historic Structures", Proceedings of 7th Japan International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, 2001. Kobatake Y, Kimura K and Katsumata H., "A Retrofitting Method for Reinforced Concrete Structures Using Carbon Fiber", Development in Civil Engineering 42, Elsevier, 1993.
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Kimura K and Hagio H., "The Application of Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) in the Construction Field of Japan", The Third Composites Durability Workshop, 2000. Onose J., Kumagai M., Mizuno T and Yamada S., "The Experimental Study on Reinforcing Historical Wooden Structure by Carbonfiber Plastic Board", Memories of the Tohoku Institute of Technology, 2001.
Biography Kohzo Kimura is a researcher of structural engineering, and his work deals with research and development of new technology using new material. Hideo Katsumata is a researcher of structural engineering, and his work deals with seismic capacity evaluation and earthquake resistant construction.
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Design and Repairing of Hydraulic Valves using composite materials
Nicolas Junker*, **, Alain Thionnet **, Jacques Renard ** * : KSB amri SA, Pare d'activites Remora, 33170, GRADIGNAN, France ** : Ecole des Mines de Paris, Centre des Materiaux, 91003, EVRY, France
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Conception and Design of a butterfly valve made of composite material
A butterfly valve is an industrial structure which has the ability to regulate water streams in tubes. It is composed of an obturator, a body, an axis and several joints. The materials mostly used are steel, cast iron and cast steel but, now days considering a weight gain request, composite materials are studied to design new butterfly valves. As stratified composite tubes made of vinylester, polyester or epoxy reinforced glass fibers are commonly used for transportation, composite valves should be useful. • First request is a weight gain, particularly for large metallic diameter valves, like 600 mm, which cannot be mounted by a single person. • Further some applications need a resistance to corrosion which can not be always achieved with metallic materials : transportation of salted or sulfuretted water, chemical applications, nautical engines. One criterion for the choice of composite materials is stress intensity when working. Other criterions as price, complexity of the process have to be considered regarding to the choice of materials. Stress intensity in butterfly valves can be very high (over 200 Mpa in traction or compression, over 100 MPa in transverse loading at the contact points between axe and obturator). To satisfy all of these criterions, it is necessary to use different staking of long fiber composite materials. The sandwich conception has to be used for the whole
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structure of the obturator to resist to bending. Sometimes metallic parts are needed in transverse directions because of the weakness of composite plies perpendicular to fibers. Because composite material are heterogeneous, anisotropic and damageable (transverse cracking, dclamination, fiber breaking), numerical techniques have been dcvclopped like homogenization to take heterogeneities into account. Further orientation methods are described to model anisotropy of the material. To model damage the framework of Damage Mechanics has been used. The purpose of this paper is to propose different step analysis to solve these problems and to use them for designing valve obturator. Dclamination and transverse cracking arc coupled with calculation to better predict lifetime of butterfly valve during cycling.
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2.1. Homogenization The structures we want to calculate are made of laminated unidirectional composite plies composed of long glass fibers wrapped into an cpoxy matrix. Each ply has a given orientation. The stratification has a great number of layers allowing to consider the whole material as an infinite periodic layered material. So the techniques of periodic homogcnisation can be used [San, 1980]. The purpose of homogenization is to get the characteristics of a virtual homogeneous material equivalent to the stratified one to calculate global structure. By this way we evaluate the macroscopic stress and deformation fields and then by localization procedure, we get the microscopic deformation and stress fields. The mathematical equations involved in the homogenization procedure are explained below in a very shortened way. If we consider a periodic cell Y constituing a stratification. The physical fields defined on this cell arc : macroscopic stress and deformation homogenized elasticity tensor microscopic stress and deformation : microscopic elasticity tensor v means the volumic average value of f over the cell
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Macroscopic and microscopic fields are mathematicaly related by the volumic average calculation : Z=y, E = < e > Y - The homogenization steps are the following: - Calculation of the six elementary problems :
Calculation of the homogenized elastic characteristics
Finite element calculation of the structure, Calculation of microscopic fields
- Calculation of Tsai-Hill criterion in each layer to obtain a failure criterion for the whole stratification. Following these steps during every FEM calculation, we can give in any part of the structure (i.e. in each layer of the laminated material), the state of failure.
2.2. Transverse cracking The proposed model [Ren, 1993] simulate the evolution of transverse cracking in each layer of a laminated structure. The different steps of this model are described on the figure 1. The results of coupling between calculation and the model can be displayed on an example of butterfly valve with sandwich structure and stratified composite material composed of a periodicity of two layers of unidirectional glass fiber and epoxy matrix. Figure 2 shows the damage rate in the two layers of the stratification.
2.3. Delamination Our study is focused on delamination between macro components of the butterfly valve, not delamination between all the layers of the stacking of composite parts.
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Then our analysis is first at a macroscopic level. Damage Mechanics has been used instead of Fracture Mechanics because we need more local information than global energy balance. Our approach consider the interface between to components by using a thin (0.001mm) layer of matrix. This method has been developped by many authors [All, 1992], [Cri, 1998], [Kim, 1998]. Variables describing the behaviour of the interface measure the rate of damage : when their value is 0, the interface is not damaged; when their value is 1, the interface is completely delaminated; so the location of delaminated area is known according to evolution of these variables.
Figure 1 : Schematic steps of ply cracking model.
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Figure 2 : Ply damage coupling calculation of valve.
Different kind of interface elements have been used (Figure 3). These elements are degenerated isoparametric volumic elements from which one direction has been reduced to zero. The thickness of the interface is considered to be a material characteristics of the interface.
Figure 3 : interface elements
Such elements can be used in 2D, pseudo 3D and 3D meshes to separate macroscopic components. The next paragraph describes the use of such elements during calculation of tubes and real industrial butterfly valve applications.
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2.4. Orientation of strong anisotropic materials in thick shell with complex shape Classical thin shells encoutered in air plane design or other industrial design are mostly modelized with shells elements when doing finite elements calculation. Such elements have the advantage to simply define a normal vector to the surface they map. Knowing this normal vector, you can easily define the orientation vector fields of the heterogeneous and anisotropic material constituing the shell. Our problem is that the shells constituing the sandwich butterfly valves are much too thick to be described with shell elements; they can only be described by volumic elements and the kinematic of a volumic element of automatic mesh (with tetraedrons for example) does not give simply a normal vector field in every point of the structure. The solution we adopted was to perform a pre-fem-calculation giving as a result the normal vector field in a particular simple way. On a thick shell with complex shape you can define a bottom surface and a top surface. The resolution of the Laplace equation on the shell with 0 as boundary condition at the bottom and 1 at the top simply gives a field which gradient naturaly describes the normal vector flield of the shell.
Figure 4 : Laplace bundary conditions
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3. Application to industrial structures
3.1. Application to laminated plates with a circular hole The studied structure is a four layers laminated holed plate submited to traction. Layers are made of glass-fibers epoxy matrix. Four different stacking sequences are studied and the damage field at the interface between the first and the second layer is plotted. The second stratification (30°, -30°, -30°, 30°) is the more susceptible of delamination. Results prove the ability of the method to give pertinent evaluation of delaminated area inside a stratification (Figure 5).
3.2. Application to a real composite butterfly valve A real 250 mm diameter composite butterfly valve has been calculated and tested. Both test and calculation give the same location of possible delamination during the cyclic life of the valve (between exterior shells and the interior body of the valve). The fourth view shows the location of possible delamination at the interface between exterior shells and the rest of the valve. Every numerical technique explained in this paper has been used for this example. Nethertheless if this qualitative result is interesting to caracterize the delamination behaviour of the structure, the load rate at which delamination begins is overestimated.
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Figure 5 : Computation of holed composite plates
4. Conclusion The design of industrial composite structure using finite element computation is possible when some numerical tehcniques are developped. These techniques have to take Damage Mechanics into account to refine the calculation wich could be to pessimistic if it was only elastic and linear. The strong anisotropy of composite needs the development of a special orientation method that is simple and can be easily used in many different conceptions. The result of the use of all these developped techniques simultaneously give an interesting evaluation of the beheviour of an industrial structure giving the ability to optimise the conception in terms of dimensions, shapes and material constitution.
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Figure 6 : Damage coupled Computation of valve.
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Kimpara I., Kageyama K., Suzuki K., "Finite element stress analysis of interlayer based on selective layerwise higher-order theory", Composites Part A 29A, (1998), pp. 10491056. Renard J, Favre, J.P., Jeggy Th., "Influence of Transverse Cracking on Ply Behaviour : Introduction of a Characteristic Damage Variable". Composite Science and Technology, 46, 1993, pp. 29-37, Sanchez-Palencia E., "Nonhomogeneous Media and Vibration Theory", Vol. 127 of Lecture Notes in Physics Springer, Berlin, 1980.
lonomer as Toughening and Material for CFRP Laminates
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M. Hojo* — N. Hirota** — T. Ando*** — S. Matsuda**** M. Tanaka* — K. Amundsen*** — S. Ochiai***** A. Murakami**** * Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan hojo@mech. kyoto-u. ac.jp mototsugu@mech. kyoto-u. ac.jp ** Student, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan *** Graduate Student, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan ****Dept. Chemical Eng., Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji 671-2201, Japan
[email protected] [email protected] ***** International Innovation Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
[email protected] ABSTRACT: Interlaminar fracture toughness under mode I and II loadings was investigated for unidirectional CF/epoxy laminates with ionomer interleaf. The fracture toughness of ionomer interleaved CF/epoxy laminates was much higher than that of base CF/epoxy laminates both under mode I and II loadings. For mode I loading, the high level of the toughness was kept constant with the crack growth. Mode I interlaminar toughness initially increased with the increase of ionomer interleaf thickness, and then leveled off. For mode II loading, the toughness continuously increased with the ionomer thickness, and reached 9 to 10 kJ/m 2 , which is one of the highest among already reported results. Using the high bonding properties of ionomer, the repairability of delaminated composites was also tried. The delaminated specimen was hot-pressed again, and the interlaminar toughness change after repair was investigated. Although hot-pressing without additional ionomer film gave poor results, the repair with ionomer film brought the toughness comparable to the virgin laminates. KEY WORDS: delamination, fracture toughness, CFRP, interleaf, ionomer, repair
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1. Introduction Although almost twenty years have passed since the importance of delamination was recognized (O'Brien 82), interlaminar strength is still one of the design limiting factors in structural composite laminates. One of the most promising ways to increase the interlaminar properties is to control the mesoscopic structure by replacing only the resin layer at the prepreg interface to a tougher system. This way is often called as "interleaf or "interlayer" method. The original way of this concept is simply to insert conventional thermoset or thermoplastic interleaves (Sela et al., 89, Aksoy et al., 92). A new commercial product with a heterogeneous interlayer including fine thermoplastic particles, T800H/3900-2, has shown excellent compressive strength after impact (CAI), and has already been applied for primary structures of Boeing 777 (Odagiri et al., 96). Although this material indicated excellent mode II fracture toughness, the mode 1 fracture toughness decreased gradually with the increment of crack length (Kageyama et al., 95). The above results suggested that both high ductility and high adhesion strength are necessary for the interleaf materials to improve the interlaminar fracture toughness (Hojo et al., 99). Ionomer was introduced as interleaf material because it has high ductility and good adhesion to epoxy resin. Figure 1 shows the schematic structure of the transverse section of the ionomer-interleaved carbon fiber (CF)/epoxy laminates (Matsuda et al., 99). There is the interphase region of one- or two- carbon fiber thickness between the ionomer interleaf and base lamina, where epoxy and ionomer are mixed. Since the crack path is often arrested within the interlayer region by CF, excellent interlaminar properties are expected. In the present study, the mode I and II interlaminar fracture properties of the ionomer-interleaved CFRP were first reviewed. Then, the repairability of delaminated composites was investigated using the high bonding properties of ionomer.
Figure 1. Schematic structure of transverse section near ionomer/base lamina interface in ionomer-interleaved CF/epoxy laminates
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2. Experimental procedure Laminates used in this study were made from Toho Rayon UT500/111 prepregs. Unidirectional laminates, (0)24, of the nominal thickness of 3 mm were molded in a hot press. The curing temperature was 140°C, holding time was 120 min and the pressure was 1 MPa. Ethylene based ionomer film was inserted at the mid-thickness during molding process as interleaf. Here, ethylene methacrylic acid copolymer was ionized partially by zinc iron (Murakami et al., 97). The thickness of ionomer film was 12, 25, 100 and 200 mm. The laminates without interleaf were also prepared for comparison. Starter slits were introduced into the laminates by inserting single 13 urn thick polyimide film during molding at midplane. Fracture toughness tests were carried out both under mode I and II loadings using double cantilever beam (DCB) and end notched flexure (ENF) specimens (JIS K7086). Repair of laminates was also tried under mode I loading by hot-pressing the delaminated specimen again with and without reinserting ionomer. After the preparatory tests, final repair condition was selected as the hot press temperature of 130°C, holding time of 130 min and pressure of 2 MPa. The delaminated specimens with and without ionomer interleaf were hot-pressed again with reinserted ionomer and the same 13 (um thick polyimide film as starter slits. Using this condition, repair without reinserting ionomer film was also investigated with 25- and l00umionomer-interleaved laminates. The tests were carried out in a computer-controlled servohydraulic testing system (Shimadzu 4880, 9.8kN)(Hojo et al., 94, 97). The cross head speed was controlled to be 0.5 to 1.0 mm/min in DCB tests, and the crack shear opening displacement speed was controlled to be 0.03 mm/min in ENF tests (JIS K7086). The crack length was computed from the measurement of the compliance by using the calibration relation between the compliance and the crack length. The tests were carried out in laboratory air. The energy release rate under mode I loading was calculated using modified compliance calibration method. That under mode II loading was calculated using compliance calibration curves for each specimen (Matsuda et al., 97).
3. Results and discussion 3.1. Mode I and II interlaminar fracture toughness before repair Since the scatter in the relation between the interlaminar fracture toughness and the increment of crack length (Aa) is rather large, the average of several specimens was calculated over subsequent 1 mm increment of the crack length for Aa < 10mm and subsequent 5 mm for Aa > 10 mm. Then, Figure 2 shows the effect of interleaffilm thickness on the R-curve under mode I. Both the initial values, GIc, and the propagation values, GIR, increased dramatically with the increase of the interleaf
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Figure 2. Averaged relation between fracture toughness and increment of crack length under mode I loading
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Figure 3. Averaged relation between fracture toughness and increment of crack length under mode I loading
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thickness. For the ionomer thickness of 200um, the toughness increased about ten times from the base laminates. Another important point is that the G]R values kept a higher plateau value without respect to the crack length. This behavior was completely different from that for T800H/3900-2 where the R-curve decreased, and converged to the base laminate value. In Figure 3, each GUR data point was calculated as the average value over subsequent 1 mm increment of crack length in the relation between mode II fracture toughness and increment of the crack length. The initial values of the fracture toughness were simply calculated at the maximum load point under mode II loading. Similar to the results under mode I loading, the whole R-curve increased markedly with the increase of the interleaf thickness. For the ionomer thickness of 200um, the toughness increased about twenty times from the base laminates. The actual toughness value of 10 kJ/m2 was also one of the highest among the already reported results for CFRP laminates. Microscopic observation showed that the crack path was arrested by the rigid carbon fiber at the surface of the base lamina. For conventional interleaved laminates, there was no toughened resin at the surface of the base lamina, and this caused the decrease of the toughness. On the other hand, the crack was still inside the toughened region for ionomer interleaved laminates. This is responsible for the non-decrease of the propagation values of the fracture toughness with the increment of the crack length under mode I loading. For mode I loading, the permanent deformation of the ionomer was localized in the vicinity of the crack path. This feature was almost the same without respect to the ionomer thickness. In this case, the reduced stress intensity factor by the introduction of the ionomer interleaf is responsible for the toughening mechanism (Tanaka et al., 97), and only the existence (not the thickness) of the interleaf contributes to the increase of the toughness. For mode II loading, the deformation was expanded to the whole interlayer indicated by large permanent shear deformation. This means the deformation of the whole interleaf thickness contributes to the increase of the toughness, and is related to the linear increase of the toughness with the interleaf thickness (Hojo et al., 99).
3.2. Repairability of laminates with ionomer Figure 4 compares the results of fracture toughness tests after repair with reinserting ionomer. The obtained propagation values, GIR, are comparable to the ionomer-interleaved laminates with the same final ionomer thickness. Thus, the repair is quite successful without deterioration. On the other hand, repair without reinserting ionomer gave quite poor results as indicted in Figure 5. The toughness is less than 10% of the ionomer interleaved laminates with the same original ionomer thickness. The values are similar to those of base laminates.
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Figure 4. Relation between mode I fracture toughness and increment of crack length for 25fJm-ionomer-interleaved and base CFRP repaired with reinserting ionomer
Figure 5. Relation between mode I fracture toughness and increment of crack length for 25um-ionomer-interleaved CFRP repaired without reinserting ionomer
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The transverse section of the laminates repaired without reinserting ionomer indicated existence of voids at the interphase region. When the crack path was at the interphase, the ability of rebonding is possibly rather weak, resulting in voids. This is responsible for the poor repairability of laminates without reinserting ionomer.
4. Conclusions Interlaminar fracture toughness of ionomer-interleaved CF/epoxy laminates was investigated under mode I and II loadings. These laminates indicated dramatic increase of the toughness from base CF/epoxy laminates both under mode I and II loadings. The propagation values of the fracture toughness did not decrease from the initial values with the increment of the crack length under mode I loading. The delaminated specimen was hot-pressed again, and the interlaminar toughness change after repair was investigated only under mode I loading. Although hot-pressing without reinserting ionomer film gave poor results, the repair with reinserted ionomer film brought the toughness comparable to the original ionomerinterleaved laminates.
Acknowledgments The authors would also like to thank Dr. B. Fiedler of Technical University Hamburg-Harburg and Mr. M. Ando of Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. for their helpful discussion.
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Polymer adhesives in civil engineering: Effect of environmental parameters on thermomechanical properties K. Benzarti* — M. Pastor*—T. Chaussadent*— M.P. Thaveau** *Laboratoire Central des Fonts et Chaussees (LCPC), Service Physico-chimie des materiaux, 58 boulevard Lefebwe, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
[email protected] **Laboratoire Regional des Ponts & Chaussees, BP141, 71405 Autun, France. ABSTRACT: In this work, aging of two ambient curing thermoset polymers (an epoxy system and a polyester based mortar), commonly used for civil engineering applications, has been investigated. In a first part, microstructural evolutions of the adhesives in a standard environment (50% relative humidity, 20°C) were studied. The polymerization kinetics of the epoxy system was monitored by infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). These experiments showed that the crosslinking process of thermosetting systems doesn't go to completion at ambient temperature. DSC analyses also revealed a mechanism of physical aging leading to progressive evolution of the polymer network. In the second part, the two materials were immersed in various model solutions (distilled water, salt solution, concrete pore solution). Mass uptake of immersed samples was monitored as a function of time, and influence of aging treatments on the thermomechanical properties was discussed in terms of chemical and microstructural modifications of the polymer network. KEYWORDS: epoxy, polyester, crosslinking, chemical or physical aging, viscoelastic behavior.
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1. Introduction Polymer adhesives, such as thermoset resins, are commonly used in civil engineering for the repair of damaged concrete structures (bridges, walls, etc...). A growing application is the reinforcement of cracked structures with bonded composites. Implementation of this technique is based either on the use of prefabricated composite plates or on wet lay-up process involving carbon fabrics (Karbhari et al. 2000, Toutanji et al. 1997). Polymer adhesives also open up new opportunities for the design of bridges, since parts of the structures could be assembled by gluing in the future. Nevertheless, development of such structural applications is still limited, due to an insufficient knowledge of the adhesive bond durability. In fact, polymer joints are sensitive to environmental parameters such as moisture, temperature or chemical attacks (Mukhopadhyaya et al, 1998, Nogueira et al. 2001) and the resulting degradations may progressively affect the mechanical strength of the adhesive bond. Moreover, polymer adhesives are often in contact with concrete which is an alkaline and potentially aggressive medium (Chin et al. 2001). For all these reasons, there are still serious concerns about the long term behaviour of repaired structures, and fundamental studies are needed in order to identify mechanisms involved in the degradation of polymer joints and adhesive/concrete interfaces. According to the literature, degradation of epoxy joints mainly results from moisture diffusion into the material. Ingress of water generally induces physicochemical modifications in the interfacial areas between adhesive and substrate or in the bulk polymer, such as plasticizing effects (Zanni-Deffarges et al. 1995, Nogueira et al. 2001). These modifications lead to a progressive loss of mechanical properties which is function of the water content. Pick's model generally provides good predictions for the diffusion of liquids in a bulk polymer (Chin et al 1999). For a plane polymer sheet exposed to a diffusing fluid, the change of concentration C of the diffusant, at a distance x from the contacting surface, as a function of time t and diffusion coefficient D, is given by Pick's second law (Cranck et al., 1968):
An approximate solution of equation [1] is:
where m, is the mass uptake of the polymer at time t, moo is the mass uptake at equilibrium, and h is the sample thickness.
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Epoxy resins cured with amine hardener are seldom subject to severe chemical degradation, such as hydrolysis, since the crosslinked network has a good chemical stability. However, if the polymerization is not fully achieved, residual monomers may increase sensitivity of the epoxy network towards chemical attacks. Polyester resins are much more sensitive to chemical aging than epoxy systems. Indeed, hydrolysis of ester groups can occur in aggressive alkaline environments (saponification) or in acidic media. Examples of hydrolysis in neutral salt environments are also reported in the literature (Chin et al. 1999). The basecatalyzed hydrolysis of ester linkages [3] leads to the formation of carboxyl groups which can further react with hydroxides, such as KOH or NaOH, to yield carboxylate anions COO- via reaction [4]. Such a degradation is irreversible and usually reduces significantly mechanical properties of the polymer.
The objective of this work was to study two thermosetting systems commonly used for the repair of civil engineering structures: an epoxy adhesive and a polyester based mortar. In a first part, the study focused on microstructural changes of the polymer networks that can occur in a standard environment (50% relative humidity, ambient temperature). Experiments were performed by infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry in order to characterize the polymer structure and its eventual evolution. In a second part, the behaviors of the two systems in aggressive environments were investigated: accelerated aging tests were performed by immersing samples in model aqueous solutions (distilled water, salt solution and an alkaline solution which is representative of the concrete medium). The mass uptake of samples was monitored as a function of aging time and the viscoelastic behavior of aged sample was evaluated by dynamic mechanical analysis. Such accelerated tests may not be entirely representative of the actual degradation processes in natural environments, however, they can provide precious information on the sensitivity of the polymer networks towards external aggressive factors. 2. Experimental 2.1. Materials Two commercial thermosetting systems that are commonly used in civil applications were chosen for this study: an epoxy system and a polyester based mortar.
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The epoxy system is a two components adhesive, constituted of a resin and a polyamine based hardener. The resin is a viscous liquid and contains mineral fillers (30 wt %) whereas the hardener is an unfilled paste. This polymer adhesive is used to paste carbon fabrics on damaged concrete structures, according to the wet lay-up process. The polyester mortar is also made of two components: a polyester resin and mineral fillers containing a small amount of peroxide catalyst (2 wt %). This system is mainly used for road works but also for the repair of concrete structures. Table 1 gives the compositions of the two systems and the recommended blend ratios. Rectangular specimens (5x5x40 mm) were made by casting the viscous mixtures into silicone moulds. Cure was performed at ambient temperature for the two systems. Table 1. Composition of the two thermoset systems. Epoxy s ystem
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Hardener Resin Resin Filler and catalyst • Triethylenetetrarame - Polyester - Si02 fillers (98%) - Diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) (TETA) - Styrene - Peroxide catalyst - CaCO3 fillers (30 wt %) - Alkylethefamme (2wt%) 1 volume of resin / 1.5 volume 100 wt part of resin / 40 wt part of hardener of fillers
2.2. Experimental techniques
2.2.1. Physico-chemical characterizations Chemical analyses were performed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) using a Nicolet IMPACT 410 apparatus equipped with an ATR microscope device (attenuated total reflectance). In a first step, this technique gave an evaluation of the polymerization kinetics for the epoxy system: the peak intensity at 915 cm-1 (epoxy rings) was monitored as a function of time, and normalized by rationing the height of the peak of interest by the height of the aromatic C-H peak at 830 cm-1. In a second step, surfaces of cured samples that were aged in model solutions, were analyzed using the ATR microscope. Comparison with control samples gave indications on eventual chemical degradations induced by aging treatments. Experiments were also carried on by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), using a NETSCH DSC 200 apparatus, in order to evaluate the total heat of reaction and the glass transition temperatures of materials. Analyses were performed in non-
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isothermal mode in the range from -40 to 200°C under nitrogen environment, at a heating rate of 10°C/min. 2.2.2. Characterization of the viscoelastic behavior Viscoelastic properties of the materials were evaluated by dynamic mechanical analysis, before and after aging treatments, using a Metravib visoanalyser. Tests were performed on small samples (5x5x40 mm) in tension-compression mode with a fixed displacement amplitude of 5 um and a frequency of 5 Hz. The analyzed temperature range was between 30 and 150°C. This device provided information about the storage modulus E' and the loss tangent tan8. The former is representative of the molecular motion ability of polymer chains. 2.2.3. Accelerated aging treatments in aqueous solutions Cured specimens were aged for various periods of time in model solutions, at ambient temperature (20°C). These treatments were supposed to simulate aging in aggressive environments. Three solutions were chosen: distilled water, a salt solution representative of seawater (0.58 mol.L-1 NaCl), and an artificial concrete pore solution in order to simulate the alkaline environment of cementitious material (0.5 mol.L-1 KOH and 0.1 mol.L-1 NaOH). Periodically, samples were removed from the solutions, dried with filter paper, immediately weighed with a Mettler digital balance and then returned to their bath. The procedure was repeated until the samples reached a saturation level. An average of five samples was tested for each material in each solution.
3. Results and discussions
3.1. Microstructural changes in a « standard » environment
3. 1.I. Structure of the cured epoxy system In order to investigate the polymerization kinetics of the epoxy system, the mixture (blend of resin and hardener) was analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy. Figure 1 presents the evolution of the normalized peak intensity at 915 cm-1 as a function of time. The decrease of this intensity is related to the consumption of epoxy monomers as the crosslinking reaction progresses. In a first stage, the rate of the kinetics is very high, due to the reactivity of the aliphatic polyamine hardener.
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Figure 1. Evolution of the normalized epoxy peak intensity at 915 cm-1 as function of time for the epoxy system (IRTF spectroscopy experiments). Gelation occurs very early as the extend of reaction reaches 0.60, typically after few hours. But in the first days, the kinetics is considerably slowed down and the extend of reaction seems to stabilize around 0.9. The reaction mechanism is then controlled by the slow diffusion of monomers in the polymer network. DSC experiments were also performed on the liquid epoxy mixture (resin and hardener). They provided values for the total heat of reaction (AH=243 J/g), for the activation energy (Ea=75 kJ/mol) and the glass transition temperature (50°C). Figure 2 shows thermograms of two cured epoxy samples which had been respectively elaborated 15 days (a) and 10 months (b) before the DSC characterization. Both samples were kept at room temperature (20°C) and 50% relative humidity before DSC analyses. On the two curves, exothermic peaks are visible around 150°C and are related to the cure at high temperature of residual monomers. Extend of reaction calculated from the residual heat of reaction are respectively 0.9 and 0.92. These values confirm results from IRTF spectroscopy experiments: due to the slow diffusion process at 20°C, the maximum rate of conversion is close to 0.9, and the cure of the epoxy network is never fully achieved. Therefore, about 10% residual monomers still remains trapped in the polymer network. Moreover, an endothermic peak can be seen on the thermogram of the older sample, just above the glass transition temperature. It is a structural relaxation peak related to the phenomenon of physical aging which will be discussed in the next section. 3.1.2. Influence of physical aging Physical aging is a phenomenon common to all amorphous polymers in the glassy state, where the molecular structure is out of thermodynamic equilibrium.
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Physical aging is a manifestation of a slow spontaneous evolution of the polymer towards its equilibrium state by time-dependant changes in volume, enthalpy and entropy. This phenomenon is generally accompanied by an evolution of mechanical properties, such as increase in stiffness and embrittlement of the material (Struik 1978 ). Enthalpy loss during the aging process is recovered during reheating of the aged sample to above Tg (during a DSC experiment for instance). This enthalpy recovery leads to the apparition of an endothermic peak on DSC thermograms, above the glass transition temperature. On figure 2, such an endothermic peak is seen for the 10 months old sample. It means that epoxy systems used in civil engineering are subject to physical aging at ambient temperature. This can be easily explained, since the glass transition temperature of these materials is generally low (about 50°C) and ambient temperatures lie in the range from Tg-30°C to Tg, where fast aging kinetics is observed. A study is in progress in our laboratory in order to evaluate the influence of physical aging on the mechanical properties of these thermoset systems.
Figure 2. DSC thermograms for the epoxy system (a) 15 days after sample preparation (b) 10 months after sample preparation. In this first part of the work, two main facts were observed: thermoset resins cured at ambient temperature are not fully polymerized. Indeed, the extend of reaction is limited and some monomers still remain trapped in the polymer network. Therefore, further variations of temperature can lead to small evolutions of the crosslink density. Moreover, DSC experiments revealed that a physical aging process occurs in these materials at ambient temperature. This phenomenon is the main process susceptible to induce microstructural changes in a standard environment (20°C, 50% relative humidity).
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3.2. Microstructural changes in aggressive environments 3.2.1. Mass uptake of immersed samples - diffusion phenomenon Figure 3 shows evolutions of the mass uptake of samples as a function of the immersion time, for the epoxy system (a) and the polyester mortar (b). Experiments were performed at 20°C. As shown by figure 3.a, immersion of epoxy samples in distilled water or in salt solution led to a rapid mass uptake, resulting from the diffusion of liquid into the material. In a second stage, uptake slowed down progressively and reached an equilibrium around 5%. Situation is different in the alkaline solution, where the mass uptake at equilibrium is close to 8%. For the three solutions, values of the equilibrium mass uptake are elevated and can be explained by the low crosslink density of the epoxy network (low Tg) or by the presence of residual polar groups that can promote increased sorption of polar penetrants. Diffusion coefficient derived from Fick's model [4] are respectively 7.1xl0-9 cm2.s-', 4.9xl0-9 cm2.s-1 and 8.0xl0-9 cm2.s-1 for distilled water, salt solution and alkaline solution in the epoxy network.
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On figure 3.b, mass variations are globally lower for polyester samples than for epoxy specimens, due to the large mineral filler content of the mortar (about 70 wt %). An interesting feature is the rapid mass loss observed for samples that were immersed in the alkaline solution (-1.5%). This phenomenon can be attributed to a chemical degradation of the polyester matrix 3.2.2. Analysis of aged samples by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy In order to verify if aging treatments induced chemical modifications of the materials, infrared spectroscopy analyses were conducted on the surfaces of aged samples, using the ATR microscope device. Immersion of samples in distilled water or in salt solution at 20°C did not modify FTIR spectra neither for the epoxy system, nor for the polyester mortar. Therefore, it can be concluded that these two treatments did not induce any significant change of the chemical structure of materials, and that diffusion of liquid in the polymer network is the main aging process. The situation is quite different when samples are immersed in the alkaline solution. Figure 4 shows the FTIR spectra for the surface of the polyester samples before (a) and after (b) immersion in the simulated concrete pore solution. Large modifications are visible on the spectrum of the aged sample as compared to the control spectrum: peaks related to the organic part of the polyester mortar are removed from the spectrum of the aged sample (C=O linkages near 1720 cm-1 and C-O linkages at 1250 cm-1). On the other hand, new peaks related to the mineral part of the mortar (silica fillers) appear at 1030, 780 et 694 cm-1. It can be concluded that the surface of the aged sample has been degraded during immersion in the alkaline solution: hydrolysis of the organic part of the mortar (polyester) according to the saponification process described in [3] and [4] is probably involved. This is consistent with the mass loss previously observed, since hydrolyzed fragments of the polymer network can be released in the aqueous medium. Modifications are also observed on the IRTF spectra of the epoxy sample that was immersed in the alkaline solution, suggesting that some degradation of the polymer network occurred during aging. However this degradation process has not been clearly identified and is not accompanied by a mass loss of samples. Previous results lead to the conclusion that the alkaline solution representative of a concrete medium is a very aggressive environment, both for polyester and epoxy thermoset systems. Of course, this result can not be generalized for a real civil engineering application which is a much more complex situation. However it is probable that such chemical degradations can also occur in the reality at adhesive/concrete interfaces.
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IRTF-ATR spectra for the surface of polyester samples (a) reference (b) aging for110 days in the alkaline solution at 20°C.
3.2.3. Influence of immersion on viscoelastic properties Viscoelastic properties of the two materials were also evaluated by dynamic mechanical analysis, before and after aging in the various solutions. Figure 5 shows evolutions of the storage modulus (a) and the loss tangent (b) as a function of temperature for a reference epoxy system and for samples immersed 63 days in the three solutions. A significant decrease of the storage modulus is observed for aged samples at temperatures close to ambient, as compared to the modulus of the reference sample. This phenomenon can be attributed to the well known plasticizing effect of the polymer network by water molecules: the creation of hydrogen bonds between water molecules and polar hydroxyl groups of the polymer leads to the break of intermolecular linkages (Nogueira et al 2001, Moy et al 1980). This microstructural change is accompanied by a swelling of the polymer network and by a drop of stiffness and mechanical properties. Moreover, figure 5.b shows an increase of the loss tangent level at low temperatures for aged epoxy samples, and
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suggests that the motion ability of the polymer chains is globally increased by immersion treatments.
Figure 5. Evolution of the storage modulus (a) and the loss tangent (b) as a function of temperature for a reference epoxy and for samples immersed 63 days in the various solutions Figure 6 shows the evolutions of the storage modulus and the loss tangent as a function of the temperature for the reference polyester and for samples aged 115 days in the various solutions. As it was noticed for the epoxy system, there is a drop of the storage modulus of aged samples at temperatures close to ambient, due to the plasticizing effect of the network by water molecules. Observed variations are less important than they were for epoxy, since the organic content of the polyester mortar is small. The level of the loss tangent at low temperature is also higher in aged samples than in the reference material, which can be attributed to an increased molecular motion ability.
Figure 6. Evolution of the storage modulus (a) and the loss tangent (b) as a function of temperature for a reference polyester and for samples immersed 115 days in the various solutions.
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4. Conclusions The aim of this work was to study aging of two thermoset polymers, an epoxy system and a polyester mortar, in standard and in aggressive environments. The first part of the study focused on the evolution of these materials in a standard environment (20°C, 50 relative humidity). Polymerization kinetic of the epoxy system was studied by 1RTF spectroscopy. These experiments showed that the extend of reaction at 20°C is limited to 0.9 and that some monomers still remain trapped in the polymer network. Therefore, further variations of the temperature can lead to small evolutions of the crosslink density. DSC experiments also revealed that a physical aging phenomenon can occur at ambient temperature, leading to a decrease of the material enthalpy and volume. Further studies are needed in order to evaluate the influence of physical aging on the mechanical properties of thermosets. In the second part, samples of the two materials were immersed in various aqueous solutions (distilled water, salt water and simulated concrete pore solution) in order to simulate the effect of aggressive environments. The mass uptake of samples was first monitored as a function of immersion time. For the epoxy system, mass uptake is related to the diffusion of liquid into the material and seemed to follow a Fickian behavior. For the polyester mortar, an interesting feature was the mass loss resulting from immersion in the alkaline solution, which was attributed to chemical degradations of the polymer network. Surface analyses of the aged samples were then performed by FT1R-ATR spectroscopy. Experiments showed that the chemical structure of the two materials is not affected by immersion in distilled water or in the salt solution. However, immersion in the alkaline solution induced saponification (ester hydrolysis) of the polyester network. Finally, the viscoelastic behavior of aged samples was investigated by dynamic mechanical analysis. Plasticizing effects accompanied by a significant decrease of the storage modulus at ambient temperature were observed for all samples immersed in any of the three model solutions.
The authors would like to thank F. Farcas, P. Bartolomeo and E. Massieu (LCPC) for their contribution to this work.
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Overwrapped Structures : A Modern Approach ? M J Hinton*, J Cook**, A Groves**, R Hayman** and A Howard' * Future Systems Technology Division (FST), QinetiQ, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7BP, UK. ** Structures and Materials and Centre, FST, QinetiQ, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 OLX, UK.
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[email protected] ABSTRACT. The concept of overcropping a pressure vessel with high strength material in the form of wires or hoops has a history going back at least as far as the 13' century. In recent years, the availability of reinforcing fibres with very high strength to weight ratios has given this ancient concept a new lease of life. This paper starts from the early history of the subject, setting in context the opportunities that are now possible with new high performance materials. Particular attention is given to the concept of tensioned overwrapping where the theory is presented for both thick and thin walled pressure vessels. Finally, examples of lightweight, tension-overwrapped structures are presented to illustrate the current state of the art.
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1. Introduction Although the overwinding of pressure vessels is a very old concept, the availability in recent years of high strength, low density, fibres together with the introduction of some novel manufacturing techniques, is leading to some exciting technical developments and a range of new applications. All of the early applications of overwinding were to vessels that were broadly cylindrical in shape, typically guns or gas storage tanks. Originally, the idea of overwinding was based on the observation that many materials (usually metals) can be made with a much higher tensile strength when they are in the form of wires or filaments than they can in bulk. For example, drawn steel wire may be considerably stronger than a casting of similar composition. This arises partly by virtue of the controlled amount of cold work involved in the drawing process, partly by virtue of the better control of the heat treatment when in finely divided form and partly by the avoidance of the large defects that can occur, particularly in castings. The other driver behind overwinding is that in a cylindrical vessel subjected to internal pressure loading the circumferential, or hoop, membrane load exceeds the longitudinal load by a significant factor. For a closed cylindrical vessel the hoop/longitudinal load ratio is approximately 2:1. For open-ended or partially openended vessels it is higher. The load ratios occurring in various types of pressure vessel are illustrated in Fig. 1. In an overwound cylinder the load is partitioned so that the fibres take at least half the hoop load, leaving the metal in a balanced biaxial stress state (i.e. approximately 1:1) in which it acts at close to maximum efficiency. This is illustrated in Fig. 2. The weight saving is achieved from the fact that the overwind has a higher strength to weight ratio than the bulk material it replaces. If the strain to failure of the fibre exceeds that of the bulk material by a sizeable margin then, for a pressure vessel, additional benefit can be obtained by applying the overwind under tension. The effect of this is to drive the bulk metal into circumferential and radial compression. The idea is illustrated in Fig. 3, which shows a stress-strain curve for a typical metal liner material. Without pre-stressing, the metal would start at a state represented by point A and then move under the effects of the pressure loading to point B. With a tensioned overwrap, it is possible to start at point C and move to point B. The effective extension of the elastic range is obvious. However, the overwind starts in a state of tension and then experiences the same incremental strain as the liner during pressurisation. It follows that for pretensioning to be viable, the overwinding fibre must have an appreciably greater breaking strain than the liner material, typically by a factor of at least two. It is also helpful, although not essential, if its modulus is also at least comparable with that of the liner material.
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The overall result of applying a tensioned overwind to a pressure vessel is that when the vessel is subsequently pressurised, it reaches its yield point or its ultimate tensile strength at a higher value of internal pressure than would otherwise be the case. This effect can be used to increase the burst pressure, increase the fatigue life, give further reductions in weight or achieve some combination of all of these. The modern fibres that are currently available have now made overwinding an even more attractive proposition than it ever was. These fibres can be made into composites with unidirectional strength to weight ratios exceeding those of bulk metals by factors up to about 10 (Fig. 4). This has enabled spectacular weight savings to be achieved on overwound structures comparatively easily, often by a simple extension of the existing manufacturing method.
The principles of overwinding are also applicable to pressure vessels of noncylindrical shape, and one striking example of this, namely toroidal overwinding, is also discussed in section 7.
2. History of Overwinding The technology for producing large monolithic metal structures started to develop from the 15th century, and then only in a very imperfect form. Overwinding was first introduced as means of circumventing this difficulty by allowing large pressurised structures to be built up from moderately sized components. Later, when it became possible to cast or forge large metallic pressure vessels of acceptable quality, overwinding was retained and used instead as a means of improving their structural performance, a trend that continues to this day. Since the thirteenth century, and perhaps earlier, it has been appreciated that wrapping a strong reinforcing material in a hoopwise manner around the outside of a structure increases its ability to withstand internal pressure. Early barrels for the storage of foodstuffs employed metal hoops that held together an assembly of wooden bars or staves. Exactly the same technique was used to produce the earliest cannons (which are also pressure vessels) in the early fourteenth century. Closely fitting staves would be placed around a wooden mandrel and temporarily fixed in place. Initially these staves were of wood and later of iron. Hot iron rings would be slipped onto the assembly and as they cooled would shrink and thereby press the staves tightly together. This is shown schematically in Fig. 5. In the case of iron barrels, the staves were then welded by raising to a white heat and the wooden mandrel subsequently removed or burnt out. It can be seen that weaknesses were bound to occur by this method of manufacture, and in the latter part of the fourteenth
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century, when the casting of iron had sufficiently progressed, smaller barrels were cast in one piece. However the practice of manufacture using iron staves and reinforcing hoops was retained for larger barrels, of which the most famous example is the 'Mons Meg' cannon. This barrel, which is 14 feet long and of 20 inch calibre, was produced in 1453, and may still be seen on public display in Edinburgh. Frequently these built-up barrels were wrapped in leather and wound with rope to protect the structure from damage and corrosion. This method of gun barrel construction remained unchanged until the introduction of wrought iron, which had superior strength and reliability to cast iron. Wrought iron was used to make the inner tube of the barrel, but it was still reinforced externally with iron rings for extra strength. In the seventeenth century, the first lightweight gun barrels were designed and produced in Sweden. These were fabricated from hardened leather with iron or brass reinforcing hoops and lasted 5-10 shots. A later barrel design of this type consisted of a thin copper tube lashed with rope and covered with leather. The barrel screwed onto a brass breech, itself strengthened with strips of iron. The use of this type of construction was widespread in Europe, notably in Scotland and Switzerland. The enhanced portability made possible by the comparatively low weight was the principle attraction. In time, steel was introduced and used to produce the inner tube of the barrel. Wrought iron was still used for the hoops, which were shrunk on and varied in thickness to provide the requisite strength. Thus thicker hoops were used over the chamber section to contain the highest pressures and thinner hoops towards the muzzle end of the barrel where the internal pressure is lower. By the late nineteenth century these hoops were also being produced from steel. The higher strength material allowed thinner sections and lighter barrels to be made. However the integrity of these hoops had to be taken on trust. Imperfections in the structure were only discovered when the gun was fired. It was after a number of serious incidents involving bursting guns that the need to carry out a proof pressure test prior to use became recognised. By the mid 1850s, as gun sizes and gun power dramatically increased, the idea of using highly drawn wire instead of hoops had been mooted, but it was not until the 1880s that this was implemented. After the basic tube had been produced it was rotated in suitable machinery and drawn steel was wound on under tension. Inspection of the wire during winding, and the fact that the tensioning process itself tested the strength of the wire, increased confidence in the integrity of the finished barrel. The tension also resulted in the inner tube being compressed, similarly to the barrels with shrunk-on hoops, and being able to withstand higher firing pressures as a result. This method of manufacture also resulted in lighter barrels, the first of which was of 9.2inch calibre produced at the Royal Gun Factory in 1884. Wire overwound construction then became the standard construction for British guns for
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the next thirty years, encompassing naval and artillery pieces ranging from 3" to 15" calibre. This manufacturing approach is shown in Fig. 6, where the basic gun construction and quantities of wire used (several hundred miles per gun!) are clearly illustrated. The one drawback of wire wound guns, and the reason why their use was not more widespread, was that the wire wrapping provided no longitudinal stiffness to the barrel. This meant that gun barrels of this type were prone to droop under their own weight and to 'whip' on firing the shot, and both of these led to increased projectile dispersion. For the early guns the inaccuracy resulting from this was insignificant compared with all the other sources of error, but as gun designs became more advanced the effect became noticeable. Wire winding was eventually replaced by 1/24-inch strip steel, which in turn was followed by shrunk-fit compound cylinders and finally over the last thirty to forty years by monobloc forgings machined to final dimensions. In addition, a technique known as autofrettage is now widely used. This consists of applying internal pressure to the barrel to take it beyond yield. On removal of the pressure loading, the barrel bore is then left in a state of circumferential compressive pre-stress in a similar manner to that brought about by tensioned overwrapping (Fig. 3). The main purpose of autofrettage is to aid fatigue life. It can be used on nonoverwrapped thick wall tubes. For overwound vessels it can be employed as an alternative to the use of winding tension. More details on the history of the use of overwinding on guns are given in references 1 to 7.
3. Theory of Overwinding Given that the idea of an overwrapped cylinder dates back to the 13th century, it is not surprising that numerous theories for modelling overwrapped and multicylinder pressure vessels have been developed. However, accurate methods of analysis emerged only towards the end of 19th century when the classical theories of 'Elasticity' emerged based on advanced calculus techniques. In essence such methods of analysis arose from the need for Victorian engineers to enhance their understanding of structures following the rapid industrialisation in the UK and elsewhere during the 19th century. The universally accepted and definitive design equations for pressure vessels can be ascribed to Lame 8 who solved the elastic equations of state for the type of cylindrical vessel shown in Fig. 7 for both the circumferential and radial stresses to obtain:
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where r is the radius through the vessel and A and B are constants of integration. The values of A and B values are derived from application of the boundary conditions. For an internally pressurised cylinder the constants are simply derived by setting the radial stress to zero at the outside radius and a value equal, but opposite in sign,8 to the applied internal pressure Pi at the inner radius. Equations (1) and (2) can be suitably modified to account for material anisotropy, that is to materials whose elastic properties are different in the radial (r) and circumferential (0) directions, as shown in Fig. 7. Details of this more complex analysis are given in reference 9. While these equations are valid for all cylindrical pressure vessels, it can be shown that for very thin-walled pressure vessels, they can be greatly simplified. For cases where the internal pressure exceeds the external pressure, the respective standard thin-walled circumferential and radial stress equations reduce simply to:
where P0 is the external pressure, R is the mean radius and t is the wall thickness. Such equations are significantly easier to use than the quadratic type equations developed by Lame. As a result, for constructions involving isotropic materials, the thin-walled cylinder equations can be used with little error when the ratio of R/t is ten or greater. Rocket motor cases fall into this category. However, for gun barrels, where the R/t ratio can approach unity, it is necessary to revert to the Lame equations. Where materials are highly anisotropic, as is the case with fibre reinforced polymer composites, then the above guideline is no longer valid. For materials of this kind the radial modulus (£R) will be significantly lower than the circumferential modulus (EH), possibly some forty times lower. When internally pressurised, there is a tendency for the tube wall to contract radially, i.e. effectively squash, which leads to difficulties in transferring load into the outermost rings of fibres. Fig. 8 shows the hoop stress distribution as a function of radius for internally pressurised thick walled tubes (of R/t = 3) having varying degrees of anisotropy. It is evident that for a EH/ER ratio in excess of 10, the non-uniformity of fibre loading becomes appreciable. For this effect to disappear the R/t value would have to be 30 or more
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for a typical carbon fibre composite. It follows that considerable caution must be applied when designing with advanced composites for pressure vessel applications. This is equally true for composite overwraps on metallic liners. Methods for analysing overwrapped cylinders consisting of steel wire or layered steel strip had been developed by the start of the 20th century. These arose partly from the need to model gun barrels and other high performance pressure vessels. In these theoretical developments simple compound cylinders were modelled via equations (1) and (2) for each layer in turn. A succession of simultaneous equations was then built up and then solved for the resulting constants of integration. Where differing materials were used, use was made of the Hookian equations8 relating stress to strain. At the same time continuity of radial displacement was maintained across material boundaries. For more complex situations, where pre-stressing is imposed by thermal contraction of an outer cylinder, equations (1) and (2) are used in combination with the Hookian stress/strain equations, but with an additional thermal expansion term ccAT. Here a is the thermal expansion coefficient and AT the shrink fit temperature. A series of simultaneous equations is again developed to obtain the integration constants. Pre-stressing was quickly recognised as a method of: • Inducing a compressive pre-stress in the liner to increase the effective elastic range of the material and thereby increase the operating pressure, as illustrated earlier in Fig. 3; •
Offsetting thermal mis-match problems between dissimilar materials;
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Rigidly clamping the cylinder components together.
For the tension winding process, the theory has been developed whereby the tension overwrap is mathematically represented by a pre-tensioned 'elastic' band applied around the liner and previously applied layers. The equations of state are again those developed by Lame suitably modified to Include material anisotropy as appropriate. However, to determine the level of contraction, conservation of energy is applied whereby the sum of the forces through the tensioning layer, previously applied layers and liner is integrated to zero. The resulting compressive stress change is then added to the stress state in all previously applied layers and liner according to the principle of superposition. For the case where the layers are very thin, e.g. composite overwraps which are typically O.lmm thick, the resulting summation can be represented by an integral expression to reduce numerical computation times.
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The effect of temperature and internal pressure combined can be easily accommodated by a simple extension of this approach.
4. Materials Selection Table 1 outlines the mechanical and physical properties of a selection of some currently available reinforcing fibres as well as traditional reinforcements such as piano wire, leather and cast iron. The large difference between the two classes of material explains why overwinding has received a new lease of life in recent years.
5. Dry Overwinding For fibre reinforced composite laminates in general, a matrix is essential for transferring loads from ply to ply. Without this mechanism, it would be impossible to stress a muti-layer composite as intended. In an overwind, where the composite is essentially unidirectional, this inter-ply load transfer mechanism is not needed. Nevertheless, the matrix still performs two further important functions. Firstly it acts as a lubricant during the forming operation, be this filament winding, pressing or moulding, thus preventing fibre damage. It also protects the fibres from fretting against each other during service. Secondly it allows more strength to be realised from the fibres by virtue of the length-strength effect. The essence of this effect is the observation that for all types of fibre the average measured strength decreases as the length under test (the gauge length) increases. For glass and carbon fibres, the magnitude of this is of the order of 10% strength reduction every time the gauge length is doubled. This is a direct consequence of the strength being dominated by the presence of flaws within the fibres and the higher probability of a critical flaw existing in a long fibre than in a short one. This raises the question of what the effective fibre gauge length is in a unidirectional fibre composite. Where a fibre breaks, the load it was carrying is transferred into neighbouring fibres through the matrix and back in again at the far side of the break. The length over which this occurs (i.e. the effective gauge length) depends on the shear modulus of the matrix and the interfacial shear strength. For carbon or glass fibre reinforced plastics it is of the order of a millimetre. Without the matrix being present, the effective gauge length would be much greater, as the only load transfer mechanism available is friction between fibres. A simple estimate suggests that the effective gauge length might be of the order of the tube diameter. From the above figures, it is evident that this would seriously degrade the realisable strength. However, the strength of drawn wire and of ropes and leather strips is largely independent of gauge length. Moreover none of these materials is particularly
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sensitive to abrasion. Consequently these considerations hardly apply, which explains why they could be applied very effectively as overwraps without any matrix to bind them together. More recently, since the mid-1970s, a class of fibres known as aramids (current trade names Kevlar or Twaron) has become commercially available. These fibres have strength to weight ratios similar to those of carbon fibres but have some useful additional characteristics. Firstly, when coated with an appropriate size, the aramid behaves as a textile fibre and needs no further lubrication. For similar reasons it is not prone to fretting. Secondly, with these fibres the length-strength effect is so small it is difficult to measure. Consequently, these fibres also offer the prospect of dispensing with a resin matrix. These considerations came to the fore in the late 1970s, when a requirement arose in the UK for a rocket motor case for a weapon known as LAW 80 (Fig. 9). This was to be designed as a cheap man-portable unguided anti-tank weapon that was to be manufactured in considerable numbers. The central feature of LAW 80 was a projectile consisting of a warhead launched by a rocket motor. A conventional solid propellant rocket motor is essentially a cylindrical pressure vessel containing the propellant charge. The propellant generates gas as it burns and this gas exits the rear of the motor through a relatively small aperture (nozzle) thereby creating thrust. Structurally, a rocket motor case can normally be treated, to a good approximation, as a closed cylindrical vessel. For LAW 80, the requirements for the case were: •
Low, but not absolutely minimum weight;
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Of low cost, implying rapid production;
• To be manufactured in an ordnance factory with limited experience of nonme tallies. An exceptional feature of LAW 80 was that it had an extremely large throat by rocket motor standards (Fig. 10). This, in turn meant that the membrane loads in the cylindrical wall were in the ratio of 4:1 rather than 2:1 as would be the case in a closed-ended cylindrical vessel. This fact renders the LAW 80 case a prime candidate for overwinding as, in principle, approximately three-quarters of the metal can be replaced by a lightweight overwind. While this would deliver the required weight savings, there was concern that conventional wet winding would be unacceptabiy slow for a mass produced item of this kind. In view of this, a decision was made to pursue the dry overwinding route, and this resulted in suitable winding machines being installed in ordnance factories within 18 months of the start of the programme. The technique is now established as a standard UK method for rocket motor case construction.
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There were two particularly important issues that had to be resolved before the design of LAW 80 could achieve safety clearance, both connected with the timedependent properties of aramid fibres, namely stress relaxation and stress-rupture. In the context of a rocket motor case there has to be sufficient initial winding tension to ensure that after many years of hot storage followed by firing cold (worst case), the overwind will not relax to such an extent that it slips along the motor tube under the very high acceleration loads. At the same time, the locked in stress must not be so high that it results in failure under prolonged loading at elevated temperature (i.e. stress-rupture). An intensive programme of research was needed to establish that there is a viable 'window' of winding tensions that would avoid these two pitfalls and guarantee a safe design. Some of the techniques used to give this assurance are described in the following section.
6. Associated Test Techniques The main experimental technique used to establish the magnitude of the relaxation and stress-rupture effects in aramid fibres is the 'split ring' test. With carbon fibres both relaxation and stress-rupture effects are very much smaller and occur at higher temperatures. The main technique appropriate to measuring these, the 'dog bone1 test, is also described.
The 'Split Ring' Test: This test was developed in-house specifically to qualify aramid fibres for the LAW 80 programme. The test rig, shown in Fig. 11, consists of an eccentrically bored ring, split in the axial direction at the thinnest cross-section and bent inwards each side of the gap. This bending prevents the fibres under test coming into contact with either a sharp edge or a small radius that might introduce high throughthickness compressive stresses. Each ring is calibrated through suitable loading pins. In use, lubricating tape is wound on the area of the ring that comes into contact with the fibre and end clamps applied to pre-compress the ring by to a known extent. The fibres are then wound on and the clamps released, leaving the fibres under a known state of stress. Subsequent opening of the gap can be related to the rate of relaxation. If the ring is set such that the fibre is at a sufficiently high stress then a stress-rupture failure will eventually result. The design and use of this test rig is fully described in references 10 and 11, and other techniques used for measuring the short-term strength of aramids in reference 12.
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The advantage of the split ring is that the test specimen is compact and robust, so that it can be readily inserted in an oven or other chamber to allow stress-rupture or relaxation measurements to be conducted in a variety of adverse environments. A full characterisation of the stress-rupture behaviour of any type of fibre requires a large number of measurements of time-to-failure at various stress levels and temperatures. This requires a large number of split rings. The plot of time-tofailure versus stress constitutes the stress-rupture curve for that temperature. For aramids it is then possible to superpose these stress-rupture curves to a single master curve using temperature-time superposition. For high temperature measurements, split rings have been manufactured from maraging steel for thermal stability. These rings are suitable for other fibre types, in particular carbon fibre and carbon prepreg tows. The 'Dog bone'Test The split ring technique, described above, was designed for stress-rupture testing of single tows in a range of environments. An alternative technique, known as the 'dog bone' because of its shape, has been devised to test resin multi-layered impregnated carbon fibre over-wraps at high service temperatures. Fig. 12 shows this test specimen, which comprises a short thin-walled steel cylinder, over-wrapped with a number of layers of tensioned prepreg tow. This test has been used to monitor the progressive relaxation of the overwrap material at elevated temperature by measuring the changes in the internal bore. Because carbon fibres are so stable, this test in effect measures the relaxation effects in the resin. The 'dog bone' test piece can also be used to determine the residual strength of the overwind by internally pressurising the cylinders to failure after a period of exposure.
7. Toroidal Pressure Vessels The overwinding of toroidal vessels is a direct extension of the dry winding technique used for rocket motor cases. In studying the use of 'Breathing Apparatus' by fire brigades and divers, it became apparent that there would be considerable ergonomic advantages to be derived from containing the compressed air supply in a torus shaped vessel rather than in the conventional cylindrical geometry. For example, it would protrude far less from the back, be far more comfortable to wear and the pressure regulator could be sited in a protected position in the central hole. As a structure, a toroidal pressure vessel has a similar efficiency to that of a cylinder. However, over the years, the mass of cylindrical vessels has been
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progressively reduced by the use of filament wound construction on top of a thin metallic liner. To achieve a similar result with a toroidal vessel is not so simple, by virtue of its topology. Toroidal winding machines are widely used in the electrical industry for winding transformers and other items of equipment but not for filament winding. It was evident that such a machine could overcome the problem of feeding the filaments through the central hole, and a small machine of this type had previously been used in QINETIQ to investigate the feasibility of winding carbon and aramid fibres on components with a central hole. For the breathing apparatus application, the question was the extent to which a fully filament wound solution was feasible. Wet filament winding on to a torus is extremely difficult by virtue of the complexity of the machine and the fact that it would need to be gripped by rollers that would need to contact the uncured resin. Rapid indexing of the torus during winding to produce 'helical1 patterns presents further theoretical and practical difficulties that render full filament wound solutions unattractive. Dry overwinding represents the best compromise, and a vessel made in this way is approximately half the weight of the all-metal equivalent. While this is not as light as a composite cylinder of the same volume, with the toroidal shape it is possible to eliminate the mass of some of the structure needed to mount the vessel on the body, and this broadly compensates for the additional mass of the vessel itself. The advantage of the torus then manifests itself in all the ergonomic advantages discussed previously. An overwound toroidal pressure vessel complete with a pressure inlet is shown in Fig. 13. More details on the design and construction of this vessel are given in reference 13.
8. Concluding Remarks • The dry overwrap technique is now well established in the UK, and is now a favoured method of construction for rocket motor cases. There may also be some scope for the use of carbon fibre overwinds as a means of achieving similar benefits within a smaller volume. • The application of modern fibre materials to the overwinding of guns is a very attractive option, and although not discussed in detail in this paper, is an area where QINETIQ is actively researching at present. Some of this work is reviewed in reference 14. • There are potentially very large markets for overwound toroidal vessels in both breathing apparatus and vehicle applications. The technology is still far from mature, but the design problems are well on the way to being solved, as are the winding issues.
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• It is worth noting that for both guns and toroidal vessels, overwinding is perceived to be the only viable method of achieving weight reductions. For guns, fully composite solutions are ruled out on grounds of wear, erosion and temperature capability. For toroidal vessels they are likely to be ruled out on grounds of manufacturing complexity. • One recent and rapidly growing market for lightweight composite pressure vessels is in offshore oil and gas. Several initiatives are underway to develop flexible risers and pressurised valve assemblies, where it is believed that tensionoverwrapped structures may offer an attractive alternative.
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9. References Hogg I., Batchelor J., "Naval Gun", 1978, Blandford Press. V. Ian., I. Hogg., "British and American Artillery of World War 2", 1978, Anns and Armour Press. Carman W.Y., "A History of Firearms", Routledge and Kegan Paul, 4ed., 1970. Gardine R., "The Eclipse of the Big Gun: The Warship 1906-45", 1992. The Handbook of Artillery Weapons', RCMS, Shrivenham, 1988. Hodges P., "The Big Gun - Battleship Main Armament, 1860-1945", 1981. H. Melvin., Jackson H., "Eighteenth Century Gun-Founding", 1973. Timoshenkol S., Goodier J.N., "Theory of Elasticity"' 3ed., 1970, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. Groves A., Margetson A.J., in Proceedings of the IMechE, Design in Composite Materials, 79 March 1989. 'A Design Assessment for Metallic Pressure Vessels Circumferentially Reinforced with a Pre-tensioned High-specific Strength Anisotropic Composite Overwind'. Cook J., Howard A.,: in RISO Conference (Denmark) pp 187-192, 1982. "A Compact Hoop Test for Determining the Creep and Static Fatigue of Nominally Elastic Fibres and Rings". Cook J., Howard A., Parratt N.J., Potter K.D., : in RISO Conference (Denmark) pp 192-197, 1982. "Creep and Static Fatigue of Aromatic Polyamide Fibres". Cook J., : in TEQC 1983, University of Surrey, publ. Butterworths, 1983. "Tensile Strength Testing and Quality Control Procedures for Aromatic Polyamide Yarns". Cook J., Chambers J. K., Richardsl B.J., : in European SAMPE Conference, Paris, April 1998. "Toroidal Pressure Vessels for Breathing Apparatus". Groves, Hinton M. J., Howard A., : in Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Ballistics, Midrand, South Africa, 1998. "A Review of the DERA Composite Reinforced Gun Barrel Programme".
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Various fibre types Carbon fibres High strength - PAN-based Inter modulus - PAN-based High modulus - PAN-based Ultra high modulus - Pitch-based Aramid fibres Kevlar 49 Twaron Glass fibres E-glass S-glass
224 - 235 294 - 303 380 - 436 588 - 827
3.53 5.3 1.9 2.2
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117-130 115
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73 90
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Epoxy Bismaleimide
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Various resin systems 0.06 -0.085 1.1 -1.2 2.36-3.17 0.048-0.110 1.2 -1.32 2.67 - 3.79
Designated as Piano wire1 Designated as Pianoforte hard rawn2 Cast iron - grey Cast iron - white Leather belt
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1.75-1.79 1.77-1.9 1.84-1.9 1.94-2.18
128 166 206 303
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2.02 -2.23 2.99 -2.97 1.03 -2.22 1.13 -1.09
7 5 5 10
1.45 1.45
80.7 -89.6 79.3
1.86 -2.00 1.93
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a) Closed cylindrical pressure vessel b) Open-ended cylindrical pressure vessel c) Intermediate case - rocket motor with large throat Figure 1 : The membrane load ratios in various types of cylindrical pressure vessel
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a) Section through a closed cylindrical vessel of monolithic metal, b) Section through an overwrapped closed cylindrical vessel. Figure 2 : The principle of overwinding is that approximately half the thickness of the metal can be replaced by overwind still leaving sufficient metal to carry the longitudinal load. Note 1: In practice, the overwind ends and vessel end closures require careful design. Note 2: When the tri-axial stress state in the metal is taken into account, rather less than half the metal (typically 43%) can be substituted in this way.
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Figure 3 : A schematic stress-strain curve for an overwound metal liner. Without pre-tension in the overwind, the stress-strain state moves from point A to point B as internal pressure is applied. With pre-tension in the overwind (=pre-compression in the liner) the liner can be made to operate over a larger range of strain, from C to B.
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Figure 4: Strength to weight ratios for a number of high strength metals and unidirectional polymer-composite materials
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Figure 5 : A diagram showing how early barrels were built up around a wooden mandrel. Iron staves are temporarily held around the wood while heated iron rings are pushed over them. The rings shrink as they cool and hold the staves tightly together. Finally, the entire structure is raised to a "white heat", welding the staves together and burning out the wooden mandrel
Figure 6: Wire winding construction technique. The wire windings can be seen clearly 1 n the dissected barrel.
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Figure 7 : Circumferential and radial stresses in a thick walled cylinder under internal pressure loading.
Figure 8 : Hoop stress distribution for thick orthotropic cylinders.
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Figure 9 : A LA W80 man-portable anti-tank weapon.
Figure 10: A LAW80 rocket motor case showing the membrane loads in the cylindrical section in the ratio 4 (circumferential) : 1 (axial). In principle, three quarters of the metal in the wall can be replaced by a lightweight overwrap and there is still sufficient to take the axial loads.
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Figure 11 : The split ring test piece used for the measurement of stress relaxation and stress-rupture in aramid and other fibres.
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Figure 12 : The 'dog-bone' cylindrical specimen used for the measurement of relaxation and loss of residual strength on thick CFRP overwraps at elevated temperature.
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Figure 13 : A 9-litre toroidal pressure vessel overwrapped with aramid fibre.
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Development of Scarf Joint Customized System (SJACS)
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A Guide for Standard Analysis of Composite Bonded Repairs Toru Itoh* — Tadashi Tanizawa** — Shyunjiro Saoka** * Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. 1 Kawasaki-cho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Japan itoh_toru@khi. co.jp ** Kawaju Techno Service Corporation, 1 Kawasaki-cho 3-chome, Akashi, Hyogo Japan
[email protected] ABSTRACT: Automated Finite Element (FE) analysis system was developed as a useful tool for the analysis of composite bonded repairs. This system, Scarf Joint Analysis Customized System (SJACS), will guide those who have little knowledge of FE analysis and help them build a reliable FE model of bonded repairs and obtain reasonable results easily. The system utilizes a commercial FE analysis code and customizes it so that FE models are generated automatically based on the simple input data of geometry, materials and loads. Shear and peel stresses of adhesive layer as well as stresses of the parent structure and repair patch can be displayed on the screen of a personal computer. The system was developed in conjunction with the activities of Analytical Technique Task Group of Commercial Aircraft Composite Repair Committee. KEYWORDS, composite repairs, scarf joints, finite element analysis, standardization, CACRC, tensile tests
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1. Introduction
Composite materials have been applied to aircraft structures since more than a few decades ago. Application of composite materials reduces weight of structures and saves fuel consumption. As the application of composite materials expanded, airlines began to realize the inconvenience of the repair of composite structures. The main problem of composite repairs is that each Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) requests airlines to apply their own repair materials and repair processes according to their Structural Repair Manual (SRM). If airlines operate aircraft manufactured by multiple OEM's, they should store a variety of repair materials of different material specifications and apply different repair process specifications even though composite parts themselves look quite similar. In 1991, Commercial Aircraft Composite Repair Committee (CACRC) was established under the sponsorship of Air Transport Association (ATA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) to develop and improve maintenance, inspection and repair of commercial aircraft composite structure and components as it is written in the charter of CACRC. Members of CACRC are regulatory agencies, OEM's, Airlines, Training Organizations, Material Suppliers, Repair Station, and others who are interested in the activities. Through the ten years activity, ten Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS), four Aerospace Information Reports (AIR), and five Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP) were published. There are seven Task Groups in CACRC, i.e., Repair Materials, Repair Techniques, Design, Inspection, Training, Airline Inspection & Repair Conditions, and Analytical Repair Techniques. Members are cooperatively working to establish standard documents. As for the standardization of analysis for composite repairs, Analytical Technique Task Group (ATTG) was organized in 1999. As it is written in its charter, the purpose of this activity is to develop a guide of generally accepted stress analysis methods used for the design and substantiation of composite repairs. After two years discussion, ATTG has almost finished drafting the standard guide for the analysis of composite repairs. In 1999, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) granted three years research on standardization of analytical technique of composite repairs to Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC) based on the subsidy from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). SJAC has selected Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) as a contractor to perform the research. SJAC and KHI have participated in ATTG of CACRC since 1999 and involved in the activities to develop analytical standard for composite repairs.
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2. Repair and assessment of composite structures
2.1. Damage and repair of composite structures Composite parts of aircraft incur various damages during operation. The main sources of damages are lightning strike, tool drop, service vehicle collision, and impact by hail, runway debris, and birds. Repair methods for aircraft composite structures are prescribed in detail in SRM. SRM is the proprietary of OEM's and is not open to public. However, if open literatures with regard to composite repairs are investigated, repair methods utilized in airlines or repair stations will be made clear to some extent (Armstrong et al. 1997), (Hart-Smith et al.1986), (Niu, 1992). Repair methods are dependent upon the type of structures, location of damages, size and type of damages, and so forth. Figure 1 depicts damages and repairs of composite structures.
Figure 1. Classification of damages and repair methods
Among the various repair methods, scarf bonded repair has been widely adopted for the repair of composite structures. Scarf bonded joint is able to transfer loads efficiently with minimum stress concentration of adhesive layer as well as the parent structure and repair patch at the periphery of the repair patch. Typical process of this
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repair is shown in Figure 2, where a sandwich panel composed of composite skins and a rigid form core is repaired with composite repair patch.
Figure 2. Typical bonded repair
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2.2. Assessment of composite repairs When damages are within the scope of SRM, airlines repair the damages according to SRM. However, if damages found are larger than those prescribed in SRM and affect the flight safety of aircraft, airlines will ask OEM's how to repair the parts. Since airlines do not want to ground aircraft for a long time, repair method should be determined in a short time. Airlines may propose repair methods to OEM's to make use of their experience and repair materials in stock. Various analytical methods have been proposed to evaluate the strength of bonded joints in the past. Hart-Smith proposed a useful analytical method with computer codes in 1970's, which has been widely used to evaluate the strength of bonded joints (HartSmith 1973). Parameters which affect the strength of bonded joints are the taper ratio, the stiffness of the parent structure and repair patch, and the material properties of the adhesive layer. The analytical methods should take into account these factors. Finite Element (FE) Analysis method is also a powerful tool to analyse the bonded joints in detail especially for the complex configuration.
3. Development of SJACS
3.1. Advantages and disadvantages of FE analysis Although Hart-Smith method is a useful tool to evaluate the strength of bonded joint, it gives results based on the assumption introduced in the derivation of the equations. If detail analysis is necessary to evaluate the composite repairs, FE Analysis is adequate means for the purpose. It is able to solve problems of complex contoured parts as well as 2-dimensional repairs. While FE analysis has an outstanding advantages as mentioned above, it usually takes weeks to make a sound FE model and obtain reasonable results. Pre- and Post processors provided by suppliers of FE analysis codes have been improved greatly in the past decades to assist stress engineers. However, experts of FE analysis are still necessary to perform such FE analysis. In general, airlines do not have such experts of FE analysis, or sufficient time for the evaluation of bonded repairs.
3.2. SJA CS In order to overcome the aforementioned disadvantages of FE analysis, automated analysis scheme was developed to provide a useful tool for the analysis of composite bonded repairs. This system, Scarf Joint Analysis Customized System (SJACS), will guide those who have little knowledge of FE analysis and help them
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build a reliable FE model of bonded repairs and obtain reasonable results in a short time. The system utilizes a commercial FE analysis code, MSC visual Nastran for Windows 2001 (vN4W), and customizes it so that FE models are generated automatically based on the simple input data of geometry, materials and loads. Shear and peel stresses of adhesive layer as well as stresses of the parent structure and repair patch can be displayed on the screen of a personal compute. This system can analyse both 1-D and 2-D repairs. Figure 3 and 4 show input data windows of 1-D and 2-D repairs, respectively. For 1-D repair analysis, the parent structure and the repair patch are modelled with Bar elements. Adhesive layer is modelled by combination of two non-linear rod elements aligned tangential and normal to the adhesive layer, for vN4W does not have non-linear spring elements. The simplified modelling scheme (Loss et al. 1984) is employed in this 1-D analysis system.
Figure 3. Input data for 1-D scarf joint analysis
As for the 2-D repair analysis, the parent (base) structure and repair patch are modelled by Shell elements, and adhesive layer is modelled by non-linear Solid elements. A cover ply, which is very common in the actual repair, is included in the
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repair patch. By changing geometric parameters of repair patch, circular patch as well as rectangular patch with corner radius can be modelled without difficulty.
Figure 4. Input data for 2-D scarf joint analysis
4. Verification by test results
4.1. Test specimen and test conditions Scarf joint coupon tests and thick adherend lap joint tests were performed in 1999 to obtain test data to evaluate the adequacy of the bonded joint analysis. Toray Fabric FF6273H-24 was used for the composite adherends, and FM-300K was used as an adhesive material. A composite laminate was cured first and taper sanded to yield three taper ratios: 1:10, 1:15, and 1:20. Then, the same composite material was laid up with adhesive FM-300K. Tensile tests were conducted in Low Temperature Dry (LTD), Room Temperature Dry (RTD), and Hot Temperature Dry (HTD) conditions.
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4.2. Comparison of test data and output of SJACS SJACS was used to analyse the test specimens of 1-D repair as described above. Input data for this analysis is shown in Figure 3. Shear stress and strain relation of adhesive was taken from MIL-HDBK-17-1E. Figure 5 shows the shear stress distribution along adhesive bond line for three load levels in RTD condition. Figure 6 shows the result of the specimen with taper ratio 1:15, where maximum shear stresses at the edge of scarf joint are plotted against applied loads with solid points. Non-linear behaviour of adhesive was accounted for in the analysis. It is clear that extrapolation of the analysis results in the prediction very close to the test results.
Figure 5. Adhesive shear stress distribution along bond line
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Figure 6. Comparison of analysis and test result5. Conclusions
5. Conclusions To make use of the advantages of FE analysis, Scarf Joint Analysis Customized System (SJACS) was developed, which will guide engineers who have little knowledge of FE analysis and help them build a reliable FE model of bonded repairs. Since FE model can be generated easily, this SJACS enables engineers to perform parametric study for the bonded joints to determine the adequate repair configuration. Results obtained by SJACS were compared with test results and showed reasonable coincidence.
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank NEDO and Japanese Standard Association (JSA) for providing adequate guidance for this study. Our appreciation extends to Mr. Kazuhiko Inoue of SJAC for encouragement and various supports in the course of this research. The authors express appreciation for Mr. Yoshio Noguchi of National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) for obtaining valuable test data. Various comments and suggestions for this research provided by Project Committee members are gratefully acknowledged.
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References Armstrong, K.B and Barrett, R.T., "Care and Repair of Advanced Composites," SAE, 1998. Hart-Smith, L. J., "Design Details for Adhesively Bonded Repairs of Fibrous Composite Structures," Douglas Paper 7637, 1986. Hart-Smith, L. J., "Adhesive-Bonded Scarf and Stepped-Lap Joints," NASA CR 112237, 1973. Loss, K.R. and Kedward, K.T., "Modelling and Analysis of Peel and Shear Stress in Adhesively Bonded Joints," AIAA Paper, 84-0913. Niu, M.C.Y., "Composite Airframe Structures," Conmilit Press Ltd., 1992.
Facing the Progress of Composite Materials in the Maintenance of Aircraft Claude Bathias CNAM/ITMA 2 Rue Conte - 75003 PARIS - France bathias(a),cnam.fr
I. Introduction It is universally quoted that 80% of airline accidents and incidents are a result of human error. Such error includes the actions of pilots, air traffic controllers, engineers and others. However, improper maintenance followed as the second highest cause of aircrafts fatalities during the 90th. While better engines, airframe, navigation systems have improved the safety of aviation over the past decades, there are still opportunities to improve the performances of maintenance. Carrier American Airlines DC- 10 Eastern Airlines L-101 1 JAL 747 Aloha Airlines BM AirTours 737 United Airlines DC- 10 Continental Express Northwest Airlines
Location Chicago Bahamas Japan Hawaii Manchester Iowa Texas Norita
Initiating Failure Engine separation O-rings Bulkhead Fuselage failure Burner Can Fan disk failure Deicing boot Engine separation
Date 5/25/79 5/05/83 8/12/85 4/28/88 1/08/89 7/19/89 9/11/91 3/01/94
Figure 1. Examples of maintenance error (from FAA) The figure 1 given by the FAA, lists several accidents where the probable cause was maintenance related. In all those cases, only metallic components was involved. The figure 1 shows the importance of maintenance in the past and at the present time where the age of the commercial jet fleet is higher and higher. According the inventory of the Douglas company (figure 2), of the active 2863 aircrafts on 1995,
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over 1167 have exceed the original 20 years design objective. Some aircrafts have exceed thirty years of service. It means that the maintenance program must be developed beyond the initial standards.
Figure 2. Inventory of Douglas commercial jet fleet (from Douglas Company)
To the manufacture, weight reductions, structural requirements, manufacturability and production costs have long been obviously priority. Only recently, maintainability and repairability have been added to this list, associated with composite structures. Composite material usage has increased to typically represent about 20% of all structural weight in current aircraft design. For the operator, this now represents a significant percentage of structure requiring a new range of engineering skills, materials, and equipment to maintain. It has also necessitated the adaptation of existing inspection methods and the development of new inspection techniques to ensure the continued integrity of these structures. The importance of these facts has been focused in the last few years by the number of Airworthiness Directives which have been issued on such structures.
2. Services experiences For an historical point of view it is interesting to notice a report of British Airways given recently about the supersonic Concorde aircraft for which of few components were made in carbon fiber composite material. The primary flight
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control surfaces are composite structures which have operated about six thousands of flights at supersonic speed in conditions of heat and ultrasonic vibration not normally encountered by such structures on conventional aircraft. When the first inflight damage to Concorde rudder occurred on 1990 and with no retrieved failed parts to examine, an assumption was made that some form of impact damage instigated a rapid failure. However, trailing edge disbond was suspected as a result of paint stripper entering the bond line and non-destructive testing (NDT) ultrasonic inspection was introduced at the trailing edge. Following additional problems, a repeat four flight inspection of the remaining area was introduced. Realizing that this regime could not continue, all rudders were removed and sent to a specialist center for immersion C-scan inspections which, being a more sensitive technique detected many more areas end potential areas disbond. This caused considerable disruption to the operations of Concorde as the repair of the structure was complex and time consuming. To enable the operation to continue and because under such conditions so little was known about the aging effects and disbond propagation rates on the structure, that a damage limit of one square inch was set with a repeat monitor inspection of three flights only. It does not take much imagination to realize the resources required to continuously inspect for a square inch defect and less still to appreciate that the probability of missing such a defect would be relatively high. Inevitably the only acceptable long term answer was to build a complex set of new surfaces at considerable cost. For a general point of view, the ACEE program conducted by NASA Langley is the best documentation to illustrate in service experience about different composite components (figure 3). The discussion that follows summarizes some typical examples: - L-1011 Kevlar 49-Epoxy Fairings The L-1011 fairings were fabricated with Kevlar 49 fibers (in fabric form), F155 and F-161 epoxy resins, and Nomex. During the ten year service evaluation period, the Kevlar 49-epoxy fairings installed on L-1011 aircraft were inspected annually. Minor impact damage from equipment and foreign objects was noted on several fairings, primarily the honeycomb sandwich wing-to-body fairings. Surface cracks and indentations were repaired with filler epoxy and, in general, the crack did not propagate in service. - B-737 Graphite Epoxy Spoilers. The B-737 spoilers used three different graphite-epoxy unidirectional, tape systems: T300-5209, T300-2544, and AS-3501. the spoilers were fabricated with upper and lower graphite-epoxy skin, aluminium fittings, spar and honeycomb core, and fibreglass-epoxy ribs. During the 13 year-service evaluation period, several types of damage were encountered, with over 75% of the damage incidents being related to design details. Damage was most often due to actuator rod interference with the graphite-epoxy skin, which was resolved by redesigning the actuator rod ends. The second most frequent cause of damage was moisture intrusion and corrosion at the sparto-center hinge fitting splice. Miscellaneous cuts and dents
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related to airline use were also encountered. Damage from hailstones, bird strikes, and ground handling equipment occurred on several spoilers. - DC-10-Graphite-Epoxy-Rudders The graphite Epoxy T300-5208 rudders were installed on DC-10 aircraft since 1976. There were seven incidents that required rudder repairs, including three minor disbands, rib damage due to ground handling, and damage due to lightning. Minor lightning strike damage to the trailing edge of a rudder and rib damage occurred while the rudder was off the aircraft for other maintenance. The lightning strike damage was limited to the outher four layers of graphite-epoxy, and a roomtemperature repair was performed in accordance with procedures established when the rudders were certified by the FAA. The rib damage was more extensive, and a portion of a rib was removed and rebuilt. Components in service Component Originally As of June 1991 L-1011 Fairing panels 18 15 Aileron 8 8 B-737 Spoilers 108 33 Horizontal stabilizer 10 8 Center wing box 2 2 C-130 3 2 DC- 10 Aft pylon skin Upper rudder 10 15 1 Vertical stabilizer 1 10 8 B-727 Elevator L-1011 Aileron 8 8 8 Horizontal stabilizer 10 B-737 14 0 Tail rotors and horizontal S-76 stabilizer 160 51 Fairing, doors, and vertical fin 206L 1 1 CH-53 Cargo ramp skin 139 350 TOTAL Aircraft
Start of service January 1973 July 1973 October 1974 August 1975 April 1976 January 1987 March 1980 <March 1982 March 1984 February 1979 March 1981 May 1981
Figure 3. NASA ACEE composite structures flight service summary
To conclude this short review, a study performed be British Aerospace and United Airlines in 1998 is summarized. This study concerning Airbus A320, is based on 639 records and 53 airframe annual visits (figure 4). It is said that 61% of routine maintenance actions are devoted to composite materials.
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Figure 4. Distribution of maintenance record write-ups (639 records total) by material type for A320 wings and stabilizer (from British Aerospace)
3. Source of Defects and Damage According to the services sources, many factors can influence the maintainability of composite components. Among them, the most important are listed below: - Conceptual design: damage resistance, hole effect more important than fatigue resistance - Manufacturing defects: voids, delamination, surface impacts - In service defects: penetration damage, erosion, delaminations, moisture, temperature, lightning. 4. Inspections Compared to the relative simplicity of conventional metallic structures, composite materials present more complexities for maintenance.
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Historically the secondary structure inspections have generally been visual. But, for primary structures the operator is increasingly having to employ more reliable ways of detecting damage to ensure continued integrity. These methods include Xrays, ultrasonics, thermography, and C-scan techniques. They all need specialized technical engineers to accomplish and inevitably have additional requests. The inspection effort is directed towards disbond and delamination, the main agents are moisture, followed impacts manufacturing, processing problems, and corrosion of aluminium honey comb cored structures. X-rays and thermography will successful detect moisture. Experience (usually very costly) can however dictate that a predetermined level of detectable moisture is cause for removal and repair. The ultrasonic (single side or through transmission technique) and C-scan inspections detect disbond and determination but can be affected by skin thickness and skin-to-core bond-line irregularities. C-scan requires the part to be removed from the aircraft. Three recommendations for NDT to be successful in detecting the extend of damage in composite structures are: - Suitable NDT methods and facilities including safety - Excellent operators of NDI equipment to ensure accurate and reliable results - Available data bases because NDT methods are comparative in nature.
5. Repair Repairing even relatively minor damage in composite components requires specific materials, highly experienced technicians, special tooling, interpretation of original drawings. Furthermore, a controlled temperature and moisture is mandatory during repair. It is becoming apparent to the operator that the material and the time-consuming preparatory work for the repair of composite structures are factors not taken into account at the design stage, but it is important for the operational economics of the aircraft. 6. In - service lessons from Airbus fleet In - service lessons from maintenance, inspection and repair of the Airbus fleet are very interesting because composite structures were extensively introduced for more than 20 years.
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Also, investigators find themselves facing the possibility that, for the first time ever, mechanical failure of a composite part may have played a role in the crash for American Flight 587 on November 2001. Following Aviation Weeks, this accident was the 15th fatal accident involving an Airbus airliner (excluding acts of war terrorist) in the 20th years since the European plane-maker's initial production aircraft, an A300B, first flew. In reports on each of the 14 mishaps, investigators concluded that mechanical or structural failure did not cause or contribute to any of the accidents. In 13 of the 14 previous crashes, crew error was identified as the main factor. Wind shear was pegged as the cause of the 14th previous fatal mishap, summaries of the accidents show. Weather played a role in seven of the 14 previous accidents, including the wind shear occurrence. Models involved in the 15 fatal Airbus accidents were three A300Bs, three A300600s, four A310s, four A320s and one A330. Two of the crashes came during nonrevenue flights (an Airbus test flight and a training flight by a carrier). Investigators are a long way from determining precisely why Flight 587, an Airbus A300-600, went down shortly after takeoff, but so far, all indications are that the separation of the tail played a key role. Six attachment fittings that hold the tail to the fuselage apparently came free, meaning either something caused the pins that secure the fittings to break, or the fittings themselves failed. Nothing hit the tail, investigators said, meaning it broke away for some other reason. Several different types of failure are seen on the composite fin attach lugs. The six fin lugs attach steel double lugs, or clevises, on the fuselage. Three fin lugs failed at the lug hole itself-both forward attachments and the aft right attachment to have failed in net tension because the break line is essentially perpendicular to the pull force. The other three lugs (both center points and the aft left lug) failed away from the lug hole, because the clevises are still holding parts at the fin. The experts said that the aft left attachment appears to have failed in skin delamination. The center left lug failed in a nearly straight line parallel to bolts added to try to stop a delamination (figure 5).
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Figure 5. Repair and fracture of the center left lug of AA 587 vertical stabilizer (from www.ntsb.gov/Events/2001) It is clear from the figure 5, that the fracture of the center left lug occurred outside the area which was repaired. For the moment, there is no evidence that one or several of the fittings was damaged before Airbus 587 crashed. At the contrary, Aviation Week had published a calculation showing the large rudder motions on Airbus A300-600 R, can create forces exceeding ultimate load on the vertical carbon fiber composite stabilizer.
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7. Conclusions In conclusion of this short review based on in-service lessons from aircraft maintenance, it is shown that maintenance of composite parts is a new problem with several facets: - new NDT methods - education and training of operators - design for maintainability - new standardization
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Possibility of Inverse-Manufacturing Technology for Scrapped Wood using Wrapping Effect in Prepreg Sheet Kiyoshi Kemmochi* — Hiroshi Takayanagi** Toshiaki Natsuki** — Hiroshi Tsuda** * Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University 3-15-1, Tokida.Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
[email protected]. ac.jp ** Smart Structure Research Center National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba AIST Central 2, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan h.
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT: This is a study of wood composites produced by combining unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and wood. The mechanical properties and strength reliability of wood composites could be largely improved by using only a small amount of carbon fiberreinforced plastic. The tensile and bending rigidities of wood composites were investigated based on the laminated plate theory and rule-of-mixtures. In analyses of bending deflection and strain, the largest analytical errors were between the two procedures. The reason for these differences is that the laminated plate theory deals with the off-axis stress-strain relation of a unidirectional layer, whereas the rule-of-mixtures does not. KEY WORDS: laminated plate theory, rule-of-mixtures, shear deformation, off-axis stress-strain relation, anisotropy
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1. Introduction Global warming and desertification attributed to mass consumption and the waste of energy and products have become serious problems. The preservation of the earth's environment and natural resources is pertinent to the survival of all human beings. Recently, studies on environmentally conscious composite materials have received considerable attention. With the development of production technology and improved production methods, wood composites can be manufactured by simple processes. Various wood composites, such as those reinforced with fiber and plastics, are currently being studied(Kawai 97). As new materials and products are developed, it is very important to investigate and predict their mechanical properties. In this study, a composite structure composed of a small amount of unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and wood was manufactured in order to improve the performance of wood and utilize the used wood, and mechanical properties were evaluated with the use of tensile and bending tests. The effect of the ply orientation and thickness ratio of a UD layer on the rigidity of wood composites were investigated with the use of the laminated plate theory and rule-of-mixtures. Figure 1. A schematic diagram of a tensile test 2. Materials and methods Vertically sawn western hemlock (Tsuga heterophyJJa Sarg., specific gravity 0.43 in dry air) is used for wood. Prepreg,P2053-15 (carbon fiber T800H, epoxy resin 2500, weight percent 30 of resin) produced by Toray Co., Ltd., Japan, was used. It adheres to a 31 cm x31 cm wooden board at a temperature of 170 , a pressure of 0.5 MPa, and a holding time of 90 min. Specimens were cut out from board by using a
Figure 2. A schematic diagram of a three-point bending test
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numerically controlled router. The tensile specimens shown in Fig.l were processed according to the Japanese Industrial Standard Z2112 scaled down to 290mm from 390mm. Table 1 lists the specimen dimensions under the tensile and bending tests. Specimens of T and B, shown in Table 1, are the specimens without the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic. The number of wood composite specimens was five, whereas the numbers of Specimens T and B were 15 and 10, respectively. Tensile and three-point bending tests were carried out with an Instron testing machine. For the three-point bending test shown in Fig. 2, the distance between supporting noses was 240mm, and specimens were loaded at a loading rate of l0mm/min. The elastic constants of the UD layer and wood are shown in Table 2. The shear modulus of the UD layer was calculated from Hayashi's equation for anisotropic plates. The bending modulus of wood was obtained from the deflection caused by the bending moment obtained by reducing shear deformation. Because the transverse Young's modulus and the shear modulus of wood were not dominant, they are assumed to be one-twentieth (Sawada 70) of the longitudinal Young's modulus. Poisson's ratio of wood was assumed to be 0.4 (Sawada 70). Table 1. Specimen dimensions of wood composites UD layer Kinds of
Specimen
Number
loading
No.
of plies
T
Tensile
Bending
thickness
(mm)
0
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TP1
1
0.137
TP2
3
0.412
TP3
5
0.686
B
0
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BP1
1
0.134
BP2
3
0.424
5
0.695
BP3
Thickness
Width
(mm)
(mm)
15
5
15
5
17
17
17
17
Table 2. Elastic constants of UP layer and wood UP layer Wood Properties
Tensile 162.0 8.81 4.57 0.332
Tensile 11.4 0.57 0.57 0.40
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3. Results and discussion 3.1. Calculation of tensile and bending rigidities of wood composites Consider wood composites of a UD layer thickness hs, wood thickness hc, and width b, as illustrated in Figs.l and 2. Wood composites were subjected to tensile and three-point bending load as shown in Figs.l and 2, respectively. The coordinate system is also shown in Figs.l and 2. The tensile and bending specimens were symmetrical with respect to the x-axis. In the analysis, the principal material directions of the wood coincided with the x- and y-axes and were fixed, whereas the principal material directions of UD layer varied. The effects of the ply orientation and thickness ratio of the UD layer on the rigidity of wood composites were investigated with the use of the laminated plate theory and the rule-of-mixtures. 3.1.1. Laminated plate theory (Tsai et al., 1980) Based on Hooke's law, the force tensor {N}and the moment tensor {M} of a wood composite can be written as
For a symmetrical wood composite, the matrix elements of Aij, By, and Dij .respectively, are expressed as follows
where Is and IC are the geometrical moments of inertia of the UD layers and wood, respectively.
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and wood, respectively.
are the off-axis modulus components for the UD layers is the mean modulus component.
Considering that the wood composites are subjected to tensile load as shown in Fig.l, Young's modulus E,.(0) in the .x-axis direction can be obtained by
For a beam under three-point bending with a span of L as shown in Fig. 2, the deflection and strain at the center of a beam can be given by
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3.1.2. Rule-of-mixtures. The tensile modulus is given by
where Es is the modulus of UD layer, written as
and EC is the modulus of wood in the principal material direction. For the wood composite beam, the deflection and strain at the center of the beam can be given by
3.2. Relation between the observed deflection and strain and the calculated ones. Table 3 shows the mean experimental Young's modulus and the calculated one based on the laminated plate theory under tensile load. The coefficients of variance are also shown in Table 3. For tensile tests, Young's moduli of the wood composites increased when the thickness of the UD layers was increased. The moduli and strength of reliability of the wood composites could be largely improved using only a little of the fiber-reinforced plastic. For the tensile property, Young's modulus increased by 56% when the wood was substituted for a UD layer of only 1.8 %. Because the span depth ratio in the bending test was below 15, the shear deformation (Sawada et al., 1968) had to be considered and was calculated based on the energy method. Shear deformation was reduced from the observed total deflection. Table 4 shows the mean experimental deflections caused by the bending moment and the calculated ones based on the laminated plate theory under the bending load. Table 5 shows the mean experimental strains and calculated ones based on the laminated plate theory under bending load. The coefficients of variance are also shown in Tables 4 and 5. The bending rigidity and strength reliability could be largely increased when three-ply UD layers were used. It can be shown that the bending rigidity will slowly decrease as the UD layer thickness increases.
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Table 3. Comparison of the experimental Young's modulus with the calculated one Specimen No. T TP1 TP2 TP3
^exp ^ C V - (GPa) (%) 11.4 19.5 17.8 18.1 23.3 12.6 26.6 9.6 Mean
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0.47, tangent modulus decreases slowly (figure 4, test specimen 2). The initial damage consists of two families of cracks located in the intertow matrix and in the transverse tows (table 1). When E(t0)/E0) = 0.47, tangent modulus remains constant during 2000 cycles and then decreases gently (test specimen 3, figure 4). When E(t0)/E0) < 0.47, the modulus decrease is more significant than previously (amax = 220 MPa, test specimen 4, figure 4). The initial damage is more severe and it involves cracks in the longitudinal tows (those parallel to the loading direction) (table 1). At 1100°C (Fig. 5), similar trends are observed, but the modulus decreases are less significant: tangent modulus decreases when E(t0)/E0) > 0.47 (test specimens 6 and 8), and remains constant when E(t0)/E0) = 0.47 (test specimen 7). The modulus decreases reflect an environment-activated damage, which may be attributed to extension of debond cracks as a result of oxidation of pyrocarbon interphases. They are observed at 600°C essentially, but also at 1100°C when initial damage involves cracks in longitudinal tows.
2.3. Failure and damage observations The fracture surfaces of those specimens that were tested at 600°C were generally flat, with limited fiber pull-out (Fig. 6). Examination of polished longitudinal sections revealed the presence of cracks in the intertow matrix, in the transverse tow matrix and also in the longitudinal tow matrix. For specimens 1 and 2, E(t0)/E0) > 0.47 : therefore the matrix cracks in the longitudinal tows were not created during loading (table 1). The applied stress (amax = 150 MPa) was insufficient to generate them according to data reported in table 1. They probably appeared during the fatigue tests, as a result of oxidation. For specimens 3 and 4, E(to)/E0) < 0.47 : it
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seems logical to attribute the presence of such cracks to the load applied during fatigue (220 MPa , specimen 4) or during pre-cracking (specimen 3), according to table 1. Limited healing features were identified on those specimens tested at 600°C.
Figure 4 : Evolution of relative elastic modulus during cyclic fatigue at 600°C in air
Figure 5 : Evolution of relative elastic modulus during cyclic fatigue at 1100°C in air During the tests at 1100°C, failure occurred in those regions of specimens subjected to lower temperatures (500°C - 600°C), as a result of the temperature gradient associated to the cold grip testing method. Polished longitudinal sections of those regions at the temperature of 1100°C, were inspected using optical microscopy. No crack was detected in the longitudinal tows of specimens 5 and 6 : E(to)/E0) > 0.47. In specimens 7 and 8, E(to)/E0) < 0.47, matrix cracks were found in longitudinal tows. Figure 6 shows evidence of crack healing. The cracks appear to be filled by a glass which may consist of fused silica.
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Figure 6 : Micrograph showing a fracture surface after fatigue at 600°C
Figure 7 : Glass healing of cracks near a macropore at 1100°C
2.4. Discussion The longest lifetimes were obtained on those specimens tested at 1100°C. This can be attributed to the contribution of crack healing, which was observed essentially at this temperature. Extension of the cracks initiated in the intertow matrix and in the transverse tow was detected only after the tests at 600°C. It can be related to oxidation of pyrocarbon interphases when crack healing is not effective. These cracks then reach the periphery of longitudinal tows. The degradation of pyrocarbon interphases at the periphery of longitudinal tows influences load sharing, leading to overloading of the longitudinal tows and further matrix cracking. Under larger loads the initial cracks reach the longitudinal tows (pre-cracking load or 220 MPa).
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Damage may be attributed to debonding induced by degradation of interphases within the longitudinal tows and to associated matrix cracking. The fatigue behavior is well illustrated by the plots of relative tangent modulus versus strain (referred to as E(e)/E0 in the following) shown in figures 8 and 9. Pertinent strains are those at the beginning of the unloading cycles dedicated to tangent modulus measurement. It is interesting to compare the E(e)/E0 curves obtained in fatigue with the reference curves determined during monotonic tensile tests performed in argon respectively at 600°C and at 1100°C, that reflect composite response to stress induced damage (Forio, 2000).
Figure 8 : Relative modulus versus deformation for specimens tested at 600°C.
Figure 9 : Relative modulus versus deformation for specimens tested at 1100°C
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Figure 8 shows that the E(e)/E0 curves at 600°C are well predicted by equation (1) which describes tangent modulus dependence on elastic damage (Forio et al., 2001)
The E(e)/E0 curves are always located below the reference curve. Those curves determined under 150 MPa are identical. They are independent of the fatigue loading conditions (static or cyclic) and initial damage. Terminal values of relative tangent modulus are generally E(t0)/E0) < 0.47. Under 150 MPa, a strain of 0.25% was reached. Under 220 MPa, strains are larger than 0.3%. All these data are consistent with the presence of matrix cracks within the longitudinal tows (table 1). At 1100°C, the E(e)/E0 curves obtained under 150 MPa do not coincide with the hyperbola predicted by Eq. 1 (figure 9). They are located above or below the reference curve, depending on the values of initial tangent modulus E(t0) and strain. If the strain increase resulted from damage only (elastic deformation), the E(e)/E0 curves would be located below the master curve and would be predicted by equation 1. When crack healing operates alone, E(t) and e (t) remain constant and the E(e)/E0 curves would amount to a single data point (E (t) = E (t0), e (t) = e (t0)) whose location is dictated by E (t0). The E(£/E0 curves indicate a slight modulus decrease (when E(t0)/E0 > 0.47) or a constant modulus (when E(to)/ E 0 < 0.47) but a significant strain increase in both cases (e (t) > e (t0)). Therefore, the E(£)/E0 curves can be logically attributed to a combination of crack healing (limiting oxidationinduced damage) and creep of fibers (Bodet et al., 1996), responsible for the significant deformation increases in the absence of damage when E(to)/ E 0 < 0.47 (the load is carried only by the longitudinal bundles) or with a slight damage when E(t 0 )/E 0 >0.47. The E(e)/E0 curve obtained under 220 MPa coincides with the hyperbolas predicted by Eq. 1 (Figure 9) and it is identical to that determined at 600°C. This indicates that the composite experienced damage during fatigue as previously at 600°C and that crack healing was not effective, because the crack opening displacement was too large.
3. Conclusion A SiC/Si-B-C composite with a self-healing multilayered matrix was investigated under static and cyclic fatigue loading conditions at 600°C and 1100°C in air.
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Fatigue behavior depends on temperature, loading history (i.e. initial damage created during pre-cracking or loading), and magnitude of applied load. Lifetime depends on temperature and applied load. A significant influence of crack healing on damage and lifetime was determined from trends in tangent modulus and from scanning electron microscopy. Crack healing, as it reduces or stops the amount of oxygen that migrates towards the pyrocarbon interphases, limits fatigue damage and leads to substantial lifetime improvements. Crack healing by production of a glass from oxidation of the multilayered matrix was particularly effective at 1100°C. At 1100°C, crack healing, limited damage and creep were evidenced. At 600°C, contribution of crack healing was limited. Damage during fatigue involved extension of initial cracks and debonding within the longitudinal tows, as a result of oxidation of interphases.
4. Acknowledgements This work was supported by Snecma and CNRS through a grant given to P.F. The authors wish to thank E. Pestourie for valuable discussions, SNECMA for the production of samples, B. Humez for assistance with mechanical tests, J. Forget and C. Dupouy for manuscript preparation.
5. References Evans A.G. and Marshall D.B., «The mechanical behavior of ceramic matrix composites », Ada Metit vol. 37, n° 10,1989, p. 2567-2583. Kerans R.J., Hay R.S., Pagano N.J., Parthasarathy T.A. « The role of the fiber-matrix interface in ceramic matrix composites », Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull., vol. 68, n° 2, 1988, p. 429442. Naslain R. "Fiber-matrix interphases and interfaces in ceramic matrix composites processed by CVI", Composite Interfaces, 1993, p. 253. Droillard C. and Lamon J., "Fracture toughness of 2-D woven SiC/SiC CVI-composites with multilayered interphases", J. Am. Ceram. Soc., vol. 79, n° 4, 1996, p. 849-858. Lamouroux F., Pailler R., Naslain R., Cataldi M, French Patent n°95 14843, 1995. Carrere P.,« Thermostructural behavior of a SiC/SiC composite », Ph.D Thesis, n° 1592, 1996, University of Bordeaux 1.
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Forio P., « Thermostructural behavior and lifetime of a 2D woven SiC/Si-B-C composite with a self-healing matrix », Ph.D Thesis, n° 2171, 2000, University of Bordeaux 1. Guillaumat L., Lamon J., « Multicracking of SiC/SiC composites », Revue des Composites et des Materiaux Avances, vol. 3, n° hors serie, 1993, p. 159-171 (in French). Forio P., Lamon J., « Fatigue behavior at high temperatures in air of a 2D SiC/Si-B-C composite with a self-healing multilayered matrix », Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites VII, Ceramic Transactions, vol. 128, p. 129-140, 2001. Bodet R., Lamon J., Jia N., Tressler R.E., « Microstructural stability and creep behavior of SiC-O (Nicalon) fibers in carbon monoxide and argon environments », J. Am. Ceram. Soc., vol. 79, n°10,1996, p.2673-2686.
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Piezoelectric Fiber Composites for vibration control applications Development — modelling - characterization
Y. Vigier* - C. Richard** - A. Agbossou* - D. Guyomar** * Laboratoire Materiaux Composites (LaMaCo) ESIGEC-Universite de Savoie -73376 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex - France yves.
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[email protected] ABSTRACT: The fabrication of a planar piezoelectric composite transducer made with commercial PZT fibers is presented. A method for the PZT volume fraction control is described and a set of resonators are made and characterized to derive the fiber properties. Two fabrication methods are proposed for the integration of a piezocomposite actuator to an epoxy cantilever beam. Coupling coefficient of these actuators are measured and compared to a bulk PZT type one. Vibration damping capabilities are derived showing the advantage of using piezocomposite. The optimisation of the proposed structure given showing the possibility of using short fibers. KEY WORD : piezoelectricity, PZT fiber, composites, vibration damping, modelling
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Figure 1: The variation of the PZT fiber volume fraction with the coating layer thickness control, r is the fiber radius andx the epoxy layer thickness.
1. Introduction Following the development of composite materials for structural applications, the idea of dispersing piezoelectric ceramic elements in a lighter matrix has been experimented in the late 70's for improving material robustness and decreasing density (Newnham 1980). One of the major realizations is known as the 1-3 connectivity piezocomposite, consisting in piezoelectric rods aligned in parallel and embedded in a polymer matrix. This material exhibits interesting properties for hydrostatic sensors or ultrasonic transducers. Most recent efforts led to the development of commercial PZT fibres with diameter ranging from l0um to 250 um (Yoshikawa 1995). Sheets or plies of 1-3 piezocomposites used for vibration control or cantilever actuation are made with one or more layers of long fibres with interdigitated electrodes allowing the poling and activation of the transducers with a reasonable voltage (Bent 1997). It is the purpose of the present paper to describe an original method for the fabrication of composites made with commercial PZT fibers, and allowing control of the PZT volume fraction. PZT fiber properties are derived from the evaluation of composite properties on a large volume fraction distribution. Coupling coefficient and damping performances obtained on cantilever beams actuated with these piezocomposites are described showing the advantage of such adaptable material. Finally, the description of a novel piezocomposite fabrication process points out the possibility of using short fibers without much degrading the composite performances.
2. PZT fiber properties evaluation In order to derive the PZT fiber properties and to demonstrate the possibility for PZT volume fraction control, a set of samples with different volume fractions was made and evaluated using a resonance method (IEEE Standart ANSI STd 1761987). From the various master curves giving the composite properties versus the
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PZT volume fraction and using a simple homogenisation model, the fiber properties were derived.
2.1. Sample fabrication The PZT fibers used were PZT5A manufactured by Ceranova Corp. The average fiber diameter is 138um. The epoxy used was a standard composite processing epoxy LY5052 + HY5052 hardener from Ciba Specialty Chemicals. In order to control the volume fraction, it was assumed that the PZT fibers could be closely and naturally packed in a mould and that the volume fraction could be controlled by the introduction of an epoxy layer previously deposited on each fiber as shown on Figure 1. The volume fraction is therefore a function of the epoxy coating thickness x. In order to be able to reach easily various coating thickness, a spacer consisting in voided glass microspheres was added during the coating process. The following route was used: with a usual dip-coating technique, an epoxy resin layer was first deposited and gelified at 60°C. Then glass powder was projected on the fibers. After final curing, a last epoxy layer was finally added. The global coatings were sufficiently regular and the thickness compatible with the desired volume fractions. In this process the final epoxy coating thickness is a function of the gelation time which allows the control of the first coating adhesive force (Lee 2000). The coated fibers were cut to proper size in length (18mm), naturally packed in a mould (4x4x20mm) and epoxy was finally poured under vacuum to fill-in the remaining voids.
2.2. Sample characterization For measurements, various samples were cut: length expander bar (4x4x10mm) for 3.3 mode characterization, thickness expander plate (4x4x1mm) for thickness mode and lateral expander bar (4x2x1mm) for 1.3 mode characterization. A classic conductive ink (Du-Pont E5007) was used for electroding both composite ends. Poling of the whole batch was conducted in a 80°C oil bath with a 2KV/mm electric field for 1 minute. This conditions were found to be a good trade-off between remnant polarization, coercive field and a large parasitic electric leakage current and electric breakdowns for temperature above 100°C (Lee 2000).
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Figure 2: dielectric permittivity and charge coefficient fraction for the PZT 5A/Epoxy piezocomposites
Property e33T /£o e33s /£0
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-75pC/N I.55E-I1 Pa'1 1.70E-llPa'' 1.49E-I1 Pa'1 1.19 E -llPa' 7000-7300 SI
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Table I: fitted PZT 5A fiber properties compared to bulk PZT material Figure 2 shows e33T and d33 as a function of the PZT volume fraction. The results show classical behaviours for composites and it is interesting to remark that a 30 % PZT volume fraction composite gives a k33 coupling coefficient close to 50% with a d33 close to 200 pC/N. Finally The main discrepancy was that the composite properties extrapolation to 100% PZT was generally lower than the bulk PZT 5A data. These values were then modified (while keeping coherence of the data set) and the homogenisation modelling was iterated in order to get a good fit between the theoretical and experimental values. The fitting was done considering k33, kt, d33, d31, £33T> s33E and SHE as functions of the PZT volume fraction The final set of data for the PZT 5A fiber given in Table 1 allows a good global fit. It is interesting to remark that most of the fiber properties like permittivity, charge coefficient, coupling coefficient are slightly lower (20%) than that of bulk
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PZT. The results also depends on the PZT fiber batch used. This extensive study was done on the first batch supplied, more recent but only partial results showed higher coupling coefficients, but still 10% lower than bulk (for k33).
Figure 3: insertion of planar PZT fiber composite segments in the epoxy bea.
3. Integration of a composite transducer in a cantilever beam In order to make the evaluation of the composite performances for a vibration damping application, the piezocomposite previously described was inserted in a cantilever structure, clamped on its extremity and vibrating on its first bending mode. 16 composite inserts (with an average 15% PZT volume fraction), 30mm wide, 10mm long (along polar axis) and 1.5mm thick, were inserted following an anti-parallel arrangement on the upper and lower faces of an epoxy beam ( 400mm long, 30mm wide and 5mm thick) as on Figure 3. From impedance measurements, the coupling coefficient of the first bending mode was derived using the usual relation:
where cos and 0}, are respectively series and parallel (or short-circuited and opencircuited) resonance angular frequencies. The beam was further driven with an electromagnet at constant force around these resonance frequencies. The tip displacements were monitored as a function of the frequency under open circuit and short circuit conditions, and then when the inserts are shunted with an adapted resistor R (Hagood 1991) given by :
Figure 4a shows the various plots obtained in these 3 configurations, it allows to quantify the transducer performance for a piezoelectric passive resistive damping
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device. A 28% vibration amplitude reduction is obtained with an overall 21.7% effective coupling coefficient.
Figure 4: vibration damping performances of the piezocomposite actuated (a) and bulk PZT actuated (b) epoxy beam. Open circuit, short circuit and matched resistive shunt resonance behaviours are compared.
Figure 5: piezocomposite coupling and Young Modulus variations compared to the beam bending coupling coefficient. The PZT is PZT5A (nominal data).
As a matter of comparison, the same measurement obtained with a similar beam (Richard and al. 2000) equipped with bulk PI94 (Saint-Gobain Quartz) PZT plates working in the 3.1 mode exhibited a 11% effective coupling coefficient with a 5%
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vibration reduction amplitude (Figure 4b). Moreover in the later case, the active PZT material quantity was twice the total PZT content of the composite actuated beam. Two arguments have to be pointed out: first, in the composite, the ceramic is working in the 3.3 mode, leading to a better coupling coefficient, and secondly the actuator elasticity is better adapted to the elasticity of the structure resulting in optimised coupling. This point is illustrated on Figure 5 comparing for various PZT volume fraction the piezocomposite k33 coupling coefficient and elastic modulus to the beam effective coupling coefficient. Properties of the composite are obtained with an homogenisation approach (Vigier 2001) and the global beam modelling is made with the ANSYS FEM code. For low PZT volume fractions, there is not a strong mismatch between the beam and actuator elastic constants, the coupling of the composite material is quite optimal resulting in optimum beam response near a 10% volume fraction. This optimum depends on the considered vibrating mechanical structure stiffness which could benefit of a tailored actuating material.
4. Composite beam with short fibers: UD-segmented technique In order to simplify the fabrication procedure and to increase the global capacitance of the final transducer, a second fabrication procedure was experimented leading to much less manipulation stages and using interdigitated electrodes. Figure 6 illustrates the method which gives the UD-segmented piezocomposite (UD for Uni-Directional) opposed to the previous UD-inserted technique. First (Fig 6a) an epoxy beam structure is moulded (150mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick) and a cavity (45mm long, 10mm wide and 1.2mm deep) is hollowed on each face. Pre-coated PZT5A fibers (40 mm long) are then inserted in each cavity (Fig 6b). The fiber coating was set to get a 15% volume fraction as in the previous case. Three layers are necessary to fill the cavities, they are afterward embedded with polymer degassed and reticulated. Then grooves (0.3mm thick and 1.2mm deep) perpendicular to the fibers are made using a diamond cut-off blade used for the "dice-and-fill" processing technique (Fig 6c). Both fiber inserts are then segmented into smaller sections (2mm long for the proposed experiment). The grooves internal surface are electroded with a silver ink (Fig. 6d) defining composite elements 2mm long. These elements are wired in parallel using a silver ink wiring pattern with driving lines running along the beam edges (Fig 6e). After the grooves re-impregnation, the piezocomposite elements are then poled in-situ (same poling conditions than previously described) and are then arranged with anti-parallel poling directions.
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Figure 6: fabrication steps of the UD segmented piezocomposite beam.
Figure 7: Fiber aspect ratio optimisation of the UD segmented piezocomposite (a) and damping performance of the experimental beam (b).
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After poling the wiring is modified to get opposed strains on the upper and lower faces of the transducer thus allowing piezoelectric coupling to flexure motion. The main advantage of this procedure, except less fiber manipulation, is the much higher total electric capacitance of the actuator. For comparison, the UD-segmented transducer capacitance is 440pF while the larger UD-inserted one was only 120pF. Increasing the transducer capacitance means decreasing the resistance of the matched damping resistor or allowing easier transistor switching capabilities when implementing the Synchronised Switch Damping (SSD) technique (Richard 2000). The beam was then characterized in terms of coupling coefficient and vibration damping performance whith the transducer shunted with a 3.8 MQ matched resistor according to equation [2]. Figure 7a shows a 28% vibration amplitude reduction and an overall 18% effective coupling coefficient. An important point is that in this last case the composite is composed of short fibers (2mm instead of 10mm long) and very few degradation of the coupling coefficient is observed. It is therefore interesting to derive what is the limit length for which there is a notable decrease of the transducer performance. Modelling of the stress transfer was conducted using the ANSYS FEM code with periodicity conditions. Using different loading conditions, homogenised composite section properties were obtained taking into account the fiber length or more precisely the fiber aspect ratio (length to diameter ratio). Then the global flexure mode effective coupling coefficient was derived as a function of the fiber aspect ratio (Vigier 2001). The result is shown on Figure 7b. This points out that there is a slight decrease of the coupling coefficient down to an aspect ratio of 5 (a 0.75mm length for a fiber diameter equal 150um), then a sharp decrease between 5 and zero. This means that piezocomposite with short fibers are still effective and that this fabrication procedure could be extended down to a 1mm groove spacing, allowing a fourfold increase of the capacitance without affecting much the coupling coefficient
5. Conclusion Piezoelectric Fiber composites were made from commercial PZT 5A fibers with an original technique allowing PZT volume fraction control over a range extending approximately from 10% to 70%. Characterization of a batch of resonators gave the composite properties variations versus the volume fraction. It allowed the PZT fiber properties derivation through the use of a simple homogenisation model. Fiber coupling coefficients were found to be 10% to 20% lower than bulk PZT. These composite were used to perform vibration damping experiments. An epoxy beam was equipped. Results obtained were better than with a bulk PZT actuator plate. The piezocomposite is working in 33 mode and its elasticity is much well matched to a vibrating polymer structure. An alternative method for the composite fabrication was experimented leading to short piezocomposite segments. It pointed out the possibility of operation with short fibers. The critical fiber aspect ratio resulting in notable composite properties degradation was found to be close to 5, thus allowing
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the use of short 1mm segments. Use of short segments results in higher actuator capacitance and lower voltage facilitating vibration damping conditions especially with the Synchronised Switch Damping technique (SSD). Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Region Rhone-Alpes for partial support.
References Bent A. A. - Active fiber composites for structural actuation- , Ph.D Thesis, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1997. Hagood N.W., Von Flotow A., "Damping of structural vibrations with piezoelectric materials and passive networks", Journal of Sound and Vibrations - Vol. 146, no.2, 1991 Lee H.S., Richard C. and al.. "Fabrication and Evaluation of 1.3 PZT Fiber / Epoxy Composites", Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE-ISAF Symposium, Honolulu, August 2000. Newnham R.E., Bowen L.J., Klicker K.A. and Cross L.E."Composite Piezoelectric Transducers" Materials in Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 93-106, 1980. Richard C., Guyomar D. and al. "Enhanced semi-passive damping using continuous switching of a piezoelectric device", Proceedings of the 7th SPIE-ICSSM Symposium, March 2000 Vigier Y. "Materiaux Composites a fibres piezoelectriques pour applications en controle de vibration ", Doctoral Thesis, Universite de Savoie, no. 2001CHAMS019, October 2001. Yoshikawa S.Y., Selvaraj U., Moses P. and al.. " Pb(ZrTi)O3 [PZT] fibers : Fabrication and Measurement methods " Journal of Intelligent Materials and Structures, Vol. 6, 1995
Health Monitoring System For CFRP By PZT Ja-Ho Koo — Toshiaki Natsuki — Hiroshi Tsuda Junji Takatsubo Smart Structure Research Center National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba AIST Central 2, Tsukuba, 305-8568, Japan
[email protected] ABSTRACT: In this work, we manufactured the piezoelectric ceramics transducers embedded CFRP and its more exact source location method on microcracking was investigated. Especially, we studied the way to determine the arrival time when high level noise is included and to use wavelet transformation when the amplitude of symmetric mode is so small that searching the arrival time is difficult. The transducers were able to detect the signals without any amplifier well. Control of oscilloscope by personal computer made real-time health monitoring possible. When a signal included a large noise in front of the real response, backward searching method (BSM) was useful to eliminate it. Wavelet transformation (WT) method was useful to determine the arrival time of the symmetric mode Lamb wave as well as that of anti-symmetric mode. On the other hand, we introduced a theory of plate to calculate the more exact wave velocity in any case of laminates including non-symmetric laminates. KEY WORDS: smart structure, acoustic emission, health monitoring, piezoelectric ceramics, source location, lamb wave
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1. Introduntion A large portion of the recent studies on smart materials and structures are concentrated on CFRP (Tang et al., 1998, Prosser et al., 1999, Seale et al., 2000, Seydel et al., 2001). CFRP has so high specific strength and rigidity that it is used at important parts in aeronautic and astronautic field. Therefore, if it fails the loss is also so large. In order to prevent such failure, real-time health monitoring on microcracking like matrix cracking, debonding, delamination, transverse cracking and fiber breakage is required. If the microcracking takes place, the released energy propagates as elastic wave. The elastic wave consists of symmetric mode Lamb wave and anti-symmetric mode Lamb wave. In the case of the study to identify the source of external shock similar to vertical shock, to deal with anti-symmetric mode is useful because out-of-plane component is dominant. Contrarily in the case of identifying a microcrack, symmetric mode is available as it has in-plane component. So, in this work, we manufactured the piezoelectric ceramics transducers embedded CFRP and its more exact source location method on microcracking was investigated. Especially, we studied the way to determine the arrival time when high level noise is included and to use wavelet transformation when the amplitude of symmetric mode is so small that searching the arrival time is difficult.
2. Theories 2.1. General solution of wave velocity in angle ply laminates In the case of arbitrarily laminated plates, for example [10/20/30/.../180], coupling stiffness and coupling normal-rotary inertia coefficient should be considered to evaluate the non-symmetric components. We used the same assumption for the displacement field as that of Yang, Norris and Stavsky (Yang et al., 1966). That is as follows.
where u, v, w are the displacement components in the x, y and z directions, u0 and v0 are the midplane displacement components, and wx and wy are the rotation components along the x and y axes, respectively. The stress-strain relations for any layer are given by
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where Qij for I, j = 1, 2, 6 are plane-stress reduced stiffnesses, and Qy for I, j - 4, 5 are transverse shear stiffnesses. Defining the force and moment resultants per unit length as
where h is the thickness of the plate, we have
where the laminates stiffnesses are given by
The shear correction factors KJ and KJ are included to account for the fact that the transverse shear strain distributions are not uniform across the thickness of the plate. Neglecting body forces, the equations of motion are
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where
and p is the mass density.
For wave propagation, we consider plane waves of the type
where k is the wave number, m and n are the direction cosines of the wave vector in the x and y directions, respectively, w is the circular frequency, and and are the amplitudes of the plane harmonic waves. Substituting Eq. [4] and Eq.[7] into Eq.[6], we can obtain Eq.[8].
where MJJ are as follows
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Then, the characteristic equation for symmetric and anti-symmetric wave mode is expressed as follows.
The phase velocity (to/k) and the group velocity (deo/dk) can be obtained from above equation.
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2.2. Arrival time determination
2.2.1. Backward searching method Because the detected AE signals include some noise in front of main signal, the conventional threshold method sometimes makes mistake on determination of arrival time. Therefore we use Backward Searching Method (BSM) which is not influenced by the front noise. In BSM, as shown in Fig. 1, when some points group that proceeds backward from maximum peak enters into a limited range, the last point of the group becomes the first arrived point.
Figure 1. Backward searching method 2.2.2. Wavelet transformation method The definition of the continuous wavelet transformation (WT) of a function f(t) is as follows (Kishimoto et a/., 1995):
where a > 0 and the overbar means the complex conjugate. From WT we can get the information of behavior of a particular frequency component in time domain. The calculation can be carried out at high speed by FFT. The mother wavelet used in this work is Gabor function (Eq. [12]). Its Fourier transform is expressed as Eq. [13]. Here, (wo is the center frequency and y is positive constant.
By WT method, we can determine the difference of arrival times for arbitrary frequency
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component because the peak on the ((0,t) plane means the arrival time of the group velocity at the frequency. It can be applied to both of symmetric mode and anti-symmetric mode.
2.3. Source location Suppose that Tj and t; are the true and measured arrival times of /-th transducer respectively. The true arrival time is expressed as follows:
where (x, y) is a source position, (Xj, y^ is a transducer position, is a radius of transducer, and Vj is the velocity in the direction. If fj is defined as Eq. [15], we can find the (x,y) that satisfies Eq. [16] by nonlinear least-square method.
Here E is convergence limit.
3. Experimental setup
Figure 2. Photograph of the polyimide sheet with piezoelectric ceramics and circuit
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We manufactured six kinds of CFRP specimen ([0/90]2s, [0/±45/90]s, [0/30/60/90]s, [04/904], [02/452/-452/902], [02,302/-602/902]). The properties of a layer are as follows : Ex = 119.35 GPa, Ey = 9.16 GPa, vx = 0.355, p = 1.51g/cm3. Polyimide sheet with four embedded piezoelectric ceramics (Fig. 2) was inserted to each center layer. The dimension of the specimen is 145x200x1.8mm. The thickness and diameter of the piezoelectric ceramics is 200fim and 5mm. For source location test of out-of-plane AE source, pencil lead break test was carried out at the position of x=40, y=90mm. The pencil lead is 0.5mm 2H type. Any amplifier was not used. The block diagram is shown in Fig. 3.
Figure 3. Block diagram of experimental setup
4. Results and discussion Fig. 4 shows the case of [0/90]2s. There are four signals detected at each channel in Fig. 4(a). The signals were modified with 0-point correction and noise filtering Fig. 4(b). In order to avoid the influence of the residual large noise, arrival times were searched with BSM Fig. 4(c). In this case, the source location error is very small, about 1 mm. On the other hand, we also tried to test the WT method on the same signals. As shown in Fig. 5(a), the center frequency of the symmetric mode of the detected signal (eg., 1 ch.) is 474 kHz. Fig. 5(b) shows the WT coefficients of 474 kHz component in time domain. We let the first peak arrival time. The source location error is also very small, about 1 mm. In the case of the other five specimens, source location analysis gave good results.
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Figure 4. (a) detected signal, (b) filtered signals and (c) arrival times by BSM in [0/90]2s
Figure 5. (a) WT of channel I and (b) WTat 474 kHz
5. Conclusions Some piezoelectric ceramics were embedded into CFRP thin plate for sensing the simulated AE signal in this work. The transducers were able to detect the signals without any amplifier well. Control of oscilloscope by personal computer made real-time health monitoring possible. When a signal included a large noise in front of the real response, backward searching method was useful to eliminate it. Wavelet transformation method was useful to determine the arrival time of the symmetric mode Lamb wave as well as that of anti-symmetric mode. On the other hand, we can calculate the more exact wave velocity with the 5x5 matrix of M in any case of laminates including non-symmetric laminates.
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Prosser W., Gorman M., Humes D., Journal of Acoustic Emission, vol. 7, 1999, p.29. Prosser W., Scale M., Smith B., J. Acout. Soc. Am., vol. 105, 1999, p.2669. Scale M., Madaras E., J. Compo. Mater., vol. 34, 2000, p.27. Seydel R., Chang F. K., Smart Mater. Struct., vol.10, 2001, p.354. Yang P. C, Norris C., Stavsky Y, Ml J. of Solids and Struct., vol. 2, 1966, p.665. Kishimoto K., Inoue, H., Hamada M., Shibuya T., J. Appl. Mech., vol. 62, 1995, p.841.
Characterisation of Fibres and Composites by Raman Microspectrometry Ph. Colomban1 LADIR-UMR7075 CNRS & UPMC, 2 rue Henry Dunant 94320 Thiais, France
[email protected] ABSTRACT: Raman spectrometry is a unique technique providing information on the structure, short-range order and stress of solid through the intensity, polarization, wavenumber and bandwidth of the Raman peaks. The paper provides a comprehensive study on Raman spectroscopy versatility as a fast and non-destructive tool for the understanding and imaging of phase organisation as well for the prediction of the mechanical properties (tensile strength, the Young's modulus (E)) of fibres. Selection of the laser exciting •wavelength gives micron lateral resolution and reduces the in-depth penetration to ~ 1. It is maximum when p tends to infinity, which is the case of plies reinforced by balanced fabrics, that have R1=0.
Figure 4. Variation of ln(
and ln(tg q) with ln(p) (Y= 5°, a =30°).
4. Overall description of the results As the degree of quasi-homogeneity is completely independent on the theoretical orientation angles of the stacking sequence, we suggest to represent the variation of £ with p and n by the function f(p,n) for a given value of Y :
Curves in Fig. 1 show that and tgq have a linear dependence from Y . Hence, we can represent the variation of with all the three parameters Y, p, n by the empiric function:
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We determined numerically the coefficients ai, of Eq. [7] for the representation of . In Table 1 we show their values in both the cases of even n and odd n. Fig. 4 shows the empirical function in the case of even n and Y = 5°.
a1
even n odd n
-0.38 -0.34
a2
-0.06 -0.07
a 3
-0.49 -0.50
a4
0.85 0.78
a 5
-0.10 -0.11
Table 1. Coefficients a, of the empiric function ln f(n,p).
Figure 5. The function f(n,p) (Y= 5° even n).
5. Conclusion In this paper we describe the influence of orientation errors on composite laminates designed to be quasi-homogeneous. First, we introduce the concept of degree of quasi-homogeneity; then, we show the results of a wide numerical analysis in the case of orientation errors randomly distributed over all the layers of a laminates. We notice that the theoretical stacking sequence is not a relevant parameter for the deviation from quasi-homogeneity. On the contrary, others parameters affect the deviation from quasi-homogeneity. In fact, there is a linear dependence on the amplitude of orientation errors, described by the characteristic
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angle Y . The dependence on the number of layers n is still linear in a logarithmic scale. In a logarithmic scale there is a step variation of the degree of quasihomogeneity with p. materials with higher values of p, such as plies reinforced by balanced fabrics, are more sensible to orientation errors. Finally, we propose a synthetic description of the results by mean of an empiric function, which describes the dependence of the degree of quasi-homogeneity upon all the parameters Y ,p,n.
6. References Belaid F., Vannucci P., Verchery G., "Numerical investigation of the influence of orientation defects on bending-tension coupling of laminates", Proceedings of ICCM 13, Beijing, June 2001, paper 1406. Jones R. M., Mechanics of Composite Materials, USA, Taylor & Francis, 1975. Kandil N., Verchery G.,"New methods of design for stacking sequences of laminates", Proceedings of CADCOMP 88, C. A. Brebbia, W. P. De Wilde and W. R. Blain eds., Computational Mechanics Publications and Springer Verlag, Southampton, 1988, p. 243257.
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Mechanical properties of pultruded GFRPs made of knitted fabrics Hiroshi Fukuda* — Hirokatsu Wakabayashi** Koshiro Hayashi*** — Gen Ohshima*** * Department of Materials Science and Technology Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. fukuda@rs. noda. tus. ac.jp ** Former Graduate Student at Tokyo University of Science Present address: TOSTEM Co Ltd. *** Asahi Glass Matex Co. Ltd. 1-2-27 Miyashita, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-1112, Japan. ABSTRACT: Pultrusion is a promising fabrication method of FRPs for civil engineering use. To construct large-scale structure like a bridge, lateral strength and modulus are also requested in addition to the longitudinal properties. To this end, knitted fabrics are expected as reinforcements for pultrusion. However, data of knit-fabric pultruded composites are very few because this combination is relatively new. This paper reports test data of the knit-fabric pultruded plate. The superiority of the knitted fabric to conventional woven cloth is demonstrated. Effects of matrix resins are also discussed. KEY WORDS: knit fabric, pultruded plate, tensile properties, direction dependency, unsaturated polyester resin, vinylester resin
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1. Introduction Fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) are nowadays used in various engineering fields. Among them, the field of civil engineering is one of the most promising areas to apply FRPs because of their corrosion resistance and long term durability (Liao et al. 98), possibility of constructing large-scale structures by joining same-size elements, their light weight, and so on. Pultrusion is an attractive fabrication process where endless products of uniform and arbitrary cross sectional shape can be made with uniform quality (Roux et al. 98). Therefore, this pultruded material is suitable for architectures of civil engineering and there are not a few examples of bridges made of this material. In the pultrusion process, glass fibers are mainly oriented to the axial direction, which leads highly anisotropic products. Due to high anisotropy, the lateral properties of pultruded materials are relatively inferior and to increase the lateral properties, a combination of glass mat and glass roving is commonly used. Glass roving cloth is also tried as a constitutive material for pultrusion although the roving cloth is not necessarily appropriate as will be described later. Recently, another raw material, knitted fabric (DeWalt et al. 94) have been developed and this material is expected as a promising candidate for pultrusion. The configuration of the knitted fabric is schematically shown in Fig.l(a) whereas Fig.l(b) is a typical roving cloth. The advantage of the knitted fabric is fully discussed by DeWalt et al. In the present paper, tensile properties of pultruded plates where knitted fabric is used as reinforcements are examined. As a reference, unidirectionally reinforced plates as well as plates made of roving cloth are tested and the superiority of the knit-fabric pultruded material will be demonstrated. As for matrix materials, both unsaturated polyester resin and vinylester resin are examined.
2. Experiment
2.1. Materials Reinforcements used here are unidirectional glass roving (denoted by "U"), 0/90 crossply of knit fabric ("C"), quasi-isotropic layout of knit fabric ("Q"), and plain woven roving cloth ("RC"). The quasi-isotropic plates were fabricated by stacking 0/90 layer and ±45 layer in turn. As for the matrix resin, both unsaturated polyester ("UP") and vinylester ("VE") are employed. Using these raw materials,
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total 8 types of pultruded plates of the width of 200mm and the thickness of 2.53mm were fabricated by Asahi Glass Matex Co. Ltd. The details of these plates are listed in Table 1. Each orientation rate was measured by burning out the resin and weighing glass fibers of each direction. Unfortunately, the "Q" plates with UP resin were not quasi-isotropic, that is, the orientation rate in the 0 and 90 digree direction was quite small; this is probably due to some mistake during fabrication.
(a) knitted fabric
(b) roving cloth
Figure 1. Knitted fabric and roving cloth
Table 1. Details of pultruded panels resin VE
stacking sequence
thickness t(mm)
unidirectional (U) 0 roving olny crossply
(C) (0, 90)5
roving cloth (RC) (plain woven #600)8
2.5 2.5 3.2
orientation rate
f(/°) 60.7 61.7 58.8
quasi-isotropic (Q) (± 45/0, 90)3/(± 45) 32
UP
unidirectional (U) 0 roving olny crossply (C) (0, 90)5 roving cloth (RC) (plain woven #600)g
2.5
58.8
3.2 3.2
58.8
quasi-isotropic (Q) (± 45/0, 90)3/(± 45) 32
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90 (%)
100
0
0
51.3
0
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50.0
0
50.0
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47.9
25.5
100
0
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47.9
50.0
0
50.0
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63.6
18.7
2.2. Tensile test From the above 8 types of plates, tensile test coupons were cut in accordance with JIS K 7054-1995. To examine the effect of anisotropy, test coupons were made in the 0, 45, and 90 degree directions from the machine direction. The specimen
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size was 10mm in width and 200mm in length. A pair of GFRP tabs was glued on both sides of both ends of each specimen and actual gage length of the specimen was 100mm.
Figure 2. Young's modulus (matrix : VE)
A pair of two-axis strain gages (gage length = 2mm) was glued on both surfaces at the center of each specimen. Tensile tests were conducted using an Instron-type testing machine at the crosshead speed of Imm/min. Applied load and strains were saved in a personal computer using a data logging system at an interval of 1 s.
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Young's modulus Figure 2 summarizes Young's modulus of each material at each direction where vinylester resin is used as matrix material. Unidirectional composites (U) have strong anisotropy whereas Young's modulus of quasi-isotropic composites (Q) is almost the same in three directions tested. As far as Young's modulus is concerned, the crossply composites (C) and the roving cloth composites (RC) exhibited similar values. These results are all reasonable and therefore, of little interest. Data of unsaturated polyester resin showed similar tendency, although they are a little bit inferior to VE resin composites.
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3.2. Strength Figure 3 summarizes the strength of (a) VE-matrix composites and (b) UPmatrix composites. The overall tendency is the same as Young's modulus.
Figure 3. Tensile strength
Figure 4. Comparison of tensile strength between crossply (C) and roving cloth (RC) composites
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Among data of Fig.3, data of knit fabric crossply composites and roving cloth composites are picked up in Fig.4. These should be essentially the same because the fiber directions are 0 and 90 degrees and the amount of fibers is also the same. However, we can clearly see that there exists big difference between crossply and roving cloth reinforced composites. That is, the transverse (90 degrees direction) strength of the roving cloth composites is very low comparing to the strength of longitudinal direction nevertheless the fiber content is the same in both directions. This may be understood as follows: During the pultrusion process, fairly large tensile load is applied to the longitudinal roving and fibers of this direction tend to become straight. On the other hand, fibers in the transverse (width) direction suffer from no tensile load and the waviness of these fibers is more severe. If exaggeration is allowed, transverse fibers of the roving cloth has little role of reinforcement. In the case of knit fabric, the longitudinal and transverse fiber bundles are essentially straight; they are merely knitted by thin polyester threads. Thus the tensile strength in the width direction remains so so, although some amount of decrease compared with the strength in the longitudinal direction is recognized. One reason of this slight decrease of the strength is attributed to a little bitfewer fiber contents in the transverse direction (see Table 1, crossply). Another reason might be the faint waving of the transverse rovings during the pultrusion process. Figure 5 is its evidence, which were taken after evaporating the matrix resin in a Muffle furnace at 625C, 10 hours. Anyway, the characteristics that the transverse mechanical property remains for knit fabric pultruded composites are very important for largescale structures where the relatively large transverse strength is required.
Figure 5. Surface view after evaporating
3.3. Shearing modulus In some practical cases, high shearing modulus or strength becomes important. For example, if these pultruded elements are connected with a bolt, large shearing stress takes place around the hole and the joint may collapse by "shear out" if the
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shearing strength is small. The quasi-isotropic plate is designed for this purpose. Figure 6 depicts the shearing modulus, G, of each type where G was calculated from the tensile test of 45 degree coupons applying the following equation (Carlsson and Pipes 87):
Figure 6. Shearing modulus of each type of pultruded composites
where
and
From Fig.6, it is clear that the shearing modulus increases by inserting ± 45 degree layers, although it is too primitive to describe. Again the superiority of vinylester resin to unsaturated polyester resin is demonstrated, although we must be aware that the fiber volume fraction of each test panel is a little different each other.
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4. Conclusions During a series of experiments, data of knit-fabric pultruded composites were accumulated. Woven roving may not be suitable as a constitutive material for pultrusion because the transverse properties are pretty inferior. On the other hand, knitted fabric is a promising candidate where the decrease of the mechanical properties in the transverse direction is not so serious. Mechanical properties of vinylester matrix composites were found to be superior to those of unsaturated polyester composites.
Acknowledgements The authors thank Mr. Hiroshi Igarashi, Dr. Masaaki Itabashi and Dr. Atsushi Wada for their assistance in experiments and preparing manuscripts.
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