The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanical properties of continuous fiber reinforced composite tubes, produced by filament winding technique. For this purpose, tensile and split-disk tests were performed with specimens produced with five different fiber materials and two different resin systems. Longitudinal tensile and hoop tensile properties of the selected specimens were determined and the effect of reinforcement direction on the mechanical performance of these composites was investigated. In addition, the effect of a filament-winding processing variable (fiber tension) on longitudinal and hoop tensile properties of the selected composites was obtained. A slight increase in hoop/longitudinal tensile properties of specimens was observed for specimens wounded with tension and with winding angles greater than 60o. The tests were performed according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.
The split-disk tests of selected composite specimens were simulated by the finite element method. For this purpose, a commercial finite element package program was used. Experimental results were used both as input in terms of material data for the finite element study and for comparison purposes. A good agreement was obtained between the simulation results and the experimental data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605140/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2004 |
| Creators | Erdiller, Emrah Salim |
| Contributors | Parnas, Levend |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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