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Fatigue Performance Of Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composite At Low Temperature, Prajakta Govande 2817401530, Dominic R. Cross, Kwek Tze Tan
Fatigue Performance Of Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composite At Low Temperature, Prajakta Govande 2817401530, Dominic R. Cross, Kwek Tze Tan
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
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 …