TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of high-performance glass fibre-polypropylene composite laminates
T2 - Effect of fibre sizing type and coupling agent concentration on mechanical properties
AU - Kiss, Peter
AU - Stadlbauer, Wolfgang
AU - Burgstaller, Christoph
AU - Archodoulaki, Vasiliki Maria
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Borealis AG, Brenntag GmbH, Gabriel-Chemie GmbH, GIVIDI Fabrics S.r.l, Johns Manville Slovakia a.s. Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH and Tissa Glasweberei AG for providing their materials for research purposes. The authors are grateful to the State Government of Upper Austria and the European Regional Development Fund for providing financial support for this research in the programme EFRE-IWB 2020 for the project: “ProFVK”.[Formula presented]
Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the State Government of Upper Austria and the European Regional Development Fund for providing financial support for this research in the programme EFRE-IWB 2020 for the project: “ProFVK”.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - A selection of woven roving and woven filament yarn E-glass fabrics, equipped with different sizing and finish formulae, were tested for compatibility with maleic anhydride functionalised polypropylene (MAH-g-PP) matrices. Glass fibre-polypropylene laminates (GF-PP) were prepared at 50% fibre volume fraction via film stacking and flat panel compression moulding. The effectivity of the utilised coupling agent concentration on interfacial adhesion was characterised through indirect method in 3-point flexural tests. Besides aminosilane A-1100 and PP-compatible fabrics, FK144 Volan “A” chromium complex finished fabrics showed exceptional compatibility and performance in combination with MAH-g-PP modified PP matrices, which has not been reported in the literature before. Mean flexural properties of FK144 laminates peaked at 450 MPa for strength and 21 GPa for modulus at 0.10% MAH loading and a fibre volume fraction of 53%. Possible coupling mechanisms were discussed, which may explain the basic compatibility between the chromium complex and PP.
AB - A selection of woven roving and woven filament yarn E-glass fabrics, equipped with different sizing and finish formulae, were tested for compatibility with maleic anhydride functionalised polypropylene (MAH-g-PP) matrices. Glass fibre-polypropylene laminates (GF-PP) were prepared at 50% fibre volume fraction via film stacking and flat panel compression moulding. The effectivity of the utilised coupling agent concentration on interfacial adhesion was characterised through indirect method in 3-point flexural tests. Besides aminosilane A-1100 and PP-compatible fabrics, FK144 Volan “A” chromium complex finished fabrics showed exceptional compatibility and performance in combination with MAH-g-PP modified PP matrices, which has not been reported in the literature before. Mean flexural properties of FK144 laminates peaked at 450 MPa for strength and 21 GPa for modulus at 0.10% MAH loading and a fibre volume fraction of 53%. Possible coupling mechanisms were discussed, which may explain the basic compatibility between the chromium complex and PP.
KW - A. Glass fibres
KW - B. Fibre/matrix bond
KW - C. Laminate mechanics
KW - E. Forming
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106056
DO - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106056
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088916027
SN - 1359-835X
VL - 138
SP - 106056
JO - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
JF - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
M1 - 106056
ER -