Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 19:07:13
Major
Mechanical Engineering - Cooperative Education
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2016
Abstract
Due to technological advancement in the manufacturing methods of composites, these materials find a plethora of applications which include but are not limited to wind energy projects in the form of turbine blades. These blades at times are exposed to temperatures as low as -40ᵒC. Therefore, there is a need to study low-temperature effects on such materials under different loading scenarios. This study investigates the possibility of utilizing MAC/GMC as a simulation tool to match trends of mechanical properties such as fatigue performance and stiffness variation of a given Glass fiber/Epoxy composite at 23ᵒC (room temperature) and -40 ᵒC, under fully reversed (R=-1) and tensile (R=0.1) loading cases. The results show remarkable consistency with the published data.
Research Sponsor
NASA
First Reader
Dr. KT Tan
Second Reader
Dr. Greg Morscher
Recommended Citation
Govande, Prajakta 2817401530; Cross, Dominic R.; and Tan, Kwek Tze, "Fatigue Performance of Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composite at Low Temperature" (2016). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 346.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/346