Iranian Journal of  Manufacturing Engineering

Iranian Journal of Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing of composite material with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene matrix and woven glass fibers and investigation of its mixed-mode I/II fracture toughness using improved fixture

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Skills (NUS), Tehran, Iran
2 Space Thrusters Research Institute, Iranian Space Research Center, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
One of the main challenges in investigation of the mechanical properties of materials is the manufacturing of the fracture test specimens, especially for polymeric materials, which are increasingly used. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene is a thermoplastic polymer that has been widely used in various industries. In this article, the steps of manufacturing of a woven glass fiber composite with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene matrix, manufacturing of butterfly-shaped fracture specimens, and examining the fracture strength of specimens are considered. After overcoming the challenges of sample manufacturing, interlaminar fracture tests of this material with embedded cracks were performed using an improved fixture to study the fracture behavior under in-plane mixed modes I/II with the ability to test under pure mode I and mode II and arbitrary combinations in this range. Different combinations of in-plane fracture loading with a step of 15 degrees were considered. The tests results showed that the cracked composite material has up to 80% less resistance to Mode I loading, i.e., the opening mode, than to Mode II loading, and crack growth occurs at relatively low loads. On the other hand, by changing to mixed mode loading and in-plane shear loading II, i.e., to a loading angle above zero degrees and finally 90 degrees, the samples are more resistant to crack growth and as a result, they withstand loads up to 420% higher. From the resulting graphs, it is possible to calculate the fracture toughness of the prepared material in the desired modes by extracting critical loads and numerical studies.
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