INTRODUCTION Optimization of machining parameters is essential for improving expected outcome of any machining operation. CASE DESCRIPTION The aim of this work is to find out optimum values of machining parameters to achieve minimal surface roughness during milling operation of GFRP. DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION In this machining operation speed, depth of cut and feed rate are considered as pa...

the creep behavior of basalt fiber reinforced epoxy (bfre) and glass fiber reinforced epoxy (gfre) composites was studied through tensile testing at high temperature. to study the effect of reinforcing epoxy, the micro glass powder (mgp) was added at various volume percentage into the epoxy resin in bfre composites. the initial strain for all the specimens were evaluated and compared with each ...

─This paper presents the retrofitting of beam-column joint using CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer) and steel plate. This specimen was tested until failure up to 1.0% drift. This joint suffered severe damages and diagonal cracks at upper crack at upper column before retrofitted. CFRP were wrapped at corbel, bottom and top of the column. Steel plates with bonding were attached to the two bea...

At the moment the huge majority of the structural parts is based on pre-preg designs and standard prepreg manufacturing technology. They are processed conventionally out of Hand Lay-up and cured in autoclaves. The cost drivers are the hand-work, the use of autoclave and the quality control. The future success of new helicopter programs is strongly dependant on the development of cost efficient ...

Original scientific paper This paper has presented and discussed machinability in the drilling of SMC (Sheet Mould Compound) A-Class composite materials using Taguchi's DoE method. The thrust forces, surface roughness and push-out peel-up delamination behaviour in drilling process for glass fibre reinforced SMC composites have been evaluated. The experimental results and the contribution ratio ...

In this study, the longitudinal and hoop tensile strengths of an industrial ±55° Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) pipe with eighteen layers as well as the associated failure mechanisms are determined. To obtain the longitudinal and hoop tensile strengths values, three specimens are cut from the studied GRE pipe in each direction. A comparison is done between both the strength values, and the fractu...

Deterministic forecast of corrosion damage progression in a reinforced concrete column was implemented in a one-dimensional model accounting for potential dependence of corrosion threshold, and macrocell coupling during the initiation and propagation stages. The damage projection was clearly sensitive to the choice of the activation zone size. The relative sensitivity became greater as the zone...

Homogenized laws for sequences of high-contrast two-phase non-symmetric conductivities perturbed by a parameter h are derived in two and three dimensions. The parameter h characterizes the antisymmetric part of the conductivity for an idealized model of a conductor in the presence of a magnetic field. In dimension two an extension of the Dykhne transformation to non-periodic high conductivities...

This paper presents a data fusion method between the results of ultrasound using phased array at 5MHz frequency and those obtained through eddy current examination at 1-10MH frequency. The obtained results are compared with destructive tests, a very good correlation being obtained. The effects of delamination over the properties of CFRP are studied using dynamic mechanical analyzer, emphasizing...