Tailored Interfaces in Fiber-Reinforced Elastomers: A Surface Treatment Study on Optimized Load Coupling via the Modified Fiber Bundle Debond Technique
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Chemicals
2.2. Desizing Procedure of the Glass Fibers
2.3. Fiber Surface Modification
2.4. Sample Preparation
2.5. Test Setup and Measurement Procedure
2.6. Surface Characterization
2.7. Optical Damage Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Surface Characterization
3.2. Characterization of Fiber–Matrix Interaction
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Surface Modification | Feature | Label |
---|---|---|
1 | commercial sizing FK144 | sized |
2 | piranha treatment | desized |
3 | vinyltriethoxysilane | VTES |
4 | 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane | APTES |
5 | 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluoro-1-octyl)triethoxysilane | FOTES |
Sized | Desized | VTES | APTES | FOTES | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Si | 9.4 | 20.3 | 11.9 | 21.4 | 14.2 |
C | 58.0 | 33.2 | 61.8 | 40.2 | 25.4 |
O | 32.6 | 46.5 | 26.3 | 35.2 | 32.3 |
F | - | - | - | - | 28.1 |
N | - | - | - | 3.2 | - |
Surface Treatment | Sized (Supplier) | Desized (Piranha Solution) | VTES | APTES | FOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
max. pull-out force Fmax,pull, N | 14.5 ± 1.8 | 20.5 ± 2.4 | 27.1 ± 2.9 | 6.7 ± 1.1 | 2.5 ± 0.5 |
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Beter, J.; Maroh, B.; Schrittesser, B.; Mühlbacher, I.; Griesser, T.; Schlögl, S.; Fuchs, P.F.; Pinter, G. Tailored Interfaces in Fiber-Reinforced Elastomers: A Surface Treatment Study on Optimized Load Coupling via the Modified Fiber Bundle Debond Technique. Polymers 2021, 13, 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010036
Beter J, Maroh B, Schrittesser B, Mühlbacher I, Griesser T, Schlögl S, Fuchs PF, Pinter G. Tailored Interfaces in Fiber-Reinforced Elastomers: A Surface Treatment Study on Optimized Load Coupling via the Modified Fiber Bundle Debond Technique. Polymers. 2021; 13(1):36. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010036
Chicago/Turabian StyleBeter, Julia, Boris Maroh, Bernd Schrittesser, Inge Mühlbacher, Thomas Griesser, Sandra Schlögl, Peter Filipp Fuchs, and Gerald Pinter. 2021. "Tailored Interfaces in Fiber-Reinforced Elastomers: A Surface Treatment Study on Optimized Load Coupling via the Modified Fiber Bundle Debond Technique" Polymers 13, no. 1: 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13010036