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Composite Materials Testing Methods

This document discusses composite materials made from fibers and a matrix. It focuses on fiberglass and carbon fiber composites, describing the different materials used - fibers, epoxy matrix, and hardeners. Methods for testing the fatigue life and wear rate of composite samples are also outlined, including fatigue testing machines that apply bending or torsion loads and wear testing machines with variable or constant loading. The goal is to predict fatigue life by drawing sigma-N curves from experimental data and determine the wear rate of materials by measuring volume loss over distance.

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Composite Materials Testing Methods

This document discusses composite materials made from fibers and a matrix. It focuses on fiberglass and carbon fiber composites, describing the different materials used - fibers, epoxy matrix, and hardeners. Methods for testing the fatigue life and wear rate of composite samples are also outlined, including fatigue testing machines that apply bending or torsion loads and wear testing machines with variable or constant loading. The goal is to predict fatigue life by drawing sigma-N curves from experimental data and determine the wear rate of materials by measuring volume loss over distance.

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Alexandria university

Faculty of Engineering

Advanced Material
 Fiber & Matrix
 Fatigue Life Prediction Test
 Wear Test
Abdalla Ali issa EL-Demerdash
4915
1) Introduction

Composite material
A composite material is a material made from two or more constituent
materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties
that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different
from the individual components.

And we are going to talk about the fiber-matrix composite

a. Fiber

Fiber glass 1
Woven Roving Fiber Glass 1
b. Matrix & Carbon Fiber

Core Material
Carbon Fiber

Epoxy

Hardener
Risen peroxide hardener

Epoxy Hardener Cobalt for rapid reaction


Composite Tube and plate

Rolling Machine
Tube Sample

Plate Sample
Fatigue Testing Machine

Sample Transducer

Bending Arm Torque Arm


By Adjusting The Bending Arm (For Pure bending )
Or Adjusting The Torque Arm (For pure Torsion )
Using the transducer which gives signal to the oscilloscope
and the speed of the motor , the time till the sample fall .
Fatigue life prediction is possible now .
And with many sample and different loads we can draw
(Sigma , N ) curve using many points which we got from the
experiment.

Carbon Fiber sample


oscilloscope
Wear Test
Reciprocating Wear Machine

Cam shaft for variable Load


Constant Load Spring
Wear Test Machine is used to determine The Rate of wear of
any material by plotting The volume loss of the sample versus
the distance which covered by the sample fig.1 Under
Constant load or variable load …..

Sample1

Rotating Wear Machine ( Tri – pin on Test wearing machine )


By Using a rotating desk and a fixed three sample with
constant load ( using fixed load spring ) or variable load using
Cam shaft fig.2
Using a thermal system fig.3 to control and change the
environmental condition of the Test .

Figure 3
Figure 2

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