• Composites Research
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.117-125
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• 2012

Warpage of the film insert molded (FIM) part is caused by an asymmetric residual stress distribution. Asymmetric residual stress and temperature distribution is generated by the retarded heat transfer in the perpendicular direction to the attached film surface. Since warpage was not prevented by controlling injection molding conditions, glass fiber (GF) filled composites were employed as substrates for film insert molding to minimize the warpage. Distribution of short GFs was evaluated by using micro-CT equipment. Proper models for micro mechanics, anisotropic thermal expansion coefficients, and closure approximation should be selected in order to calculate fiber orientation tensor and warpage of the FIM part with the composite substrate. After six kinds of micro mechanics models, three models of the thermal expansion coefficient and five models of the closure approximation had been considered, the Mori-Tanaka model, the Rosen and Hashin model, and the third orthotropic closure approximation were selected in this study. The numerically predicted results on fiber orientation tensor and warpage were in good agreement with experimental results and effects of GF reinforcement on warpage of the FIM composite specimen were identified by the numerical results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.26-31
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• 1997

유리섬유/nylon 6 복합재료의 계면결합강도를 증가시키기 위하여 r-APS(r-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane)로 유리섬유의 표면을 처리 하였다. 이때 표면처리의 최적 조건을 찾기위해서 처리후 기기분석과 계면결합강도 측정 등을 하였다. 농도, pH, 처리시간, 온도를 변화시키면서 표면처리를 한 후 흡착량을 살펴본 결과 처리 농도에 의해서는 흡착량이 단조증가하였으며 처리시간에 따라서는 5분정도에서, 처리온도에 의해서는 30C 부근에서 최대 흡착량을 보였다. 또한 pH에 따른 흡착량은 silane의 고유 pH인 10.5부근에서 최대치를 나타냈다. FR-IR 분석에 의하면 NH2의 NH3 bending mode가 1607cm-1, 1575cm-1에서 나타났으며 SiOH의 SiO band는 960cm-1에서 나타났다. XPS를 통해서는 N ls와 Si 2p의 존재를 확인할 수 있었다. 표면처리된 유리섬유와 matrix인 nylon 6를 이용해 단섬유내장시편을 만들어 fragmentation test를 한 결과 계면결합강도는 약 5분의 처리시간과 1%(wt%)의 농도에서 최대값을 보였다.

• Composites Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.62-69
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• 1999

During fatigue loading of composite materials, damage accumulation can be monitored by measuring their material properties. In this study, fatigue modulus is used as the damage index. Fatigue life of composite materials may be predicted analytically using damage models which are based on fatigue modulus and resultant strain. Damage models are propesed as funtions of applied stress level, number of fatigue cycle and fatigue life. The predicted life was comparable to the experimental result obtained using E-glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin materials and pultruded glass fiber reinforce polyester composites under two-stress level fatigue loading.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.18-27
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• 1992

섬유강화 플라스틱을 시초로 복합재료가 상업적으로 생산, 판매되기 시작한지 어언 30여년이 되었다. 뛰어난 기계적 . 화학적 특성을 바탕으로 오늘날 복합재료는 신소재의 한 분야로 굳게 자리잡고 있다. 설계, 성형, 분석기술의 발전과 아울러 유리섬유 복합재료 이후에 특성이 뛰어난 복합재료 소재들이 개발되고 있어 복합재료의 응용범위를 더욱더 넓히고 있다. Boron, carbon, aramid섬유의 개발은 첨단 복합재료의 개발을 가능케 했으며 군용, 우주기기의 개발로 얻어진 결과들은 민간 항공기 또는 스포츠, 레저 분야에 많이 이용되고 있다. 민간 항공기의 많은 부분에 첨단 복합재료로 된 부품들이 사용되고 있으며 복합재료로된 골프채, 낚시대, 테니스채 그리고 스키 등을 우리 주변에서 손쉽게 찾아볼 수 있다. 이 글에서는 고분자 기지 복합재료를 중심으로 그 성형법 및 응용에 대하여 논하고 기타 특수용도 복합재료에 대해서 약술하고자 한다.

• Composites Research
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.8-14
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• 2009

Interfacial evaluation of glass fiber reinforced carbon nanotube (CNT)-epoxy nanocomposite was investigated by micromechanical technique in combination with wettability test. The contact resistance of the CNT-epoxy nanocomposite was measured using a gradient specimen, containing electrical contacts with gradually-increasing spacing. The contact resistance of CNT-epoxy nanocomposites was evaluated by using the two-point method rather than the four-point method. Due to the presence of hydrophobic domains on the heterogeneous surface, the static contact angle of CNT-epoxy nanocomposite was about $120^{\circ}$, which was rather lower than that for super-hydrophobicity. For surface treated-glass fibers, the tensile strength decreased dramatically, whereas the tensile modulus exhibited little change despite the presence of flaws on the etched fiber surface. The interfacial shear strength (IFSS) between the etched glass fiber and the CNT-epoxy nanocomposites increased due to the enhanced surface energy and roughness. As the thermodynamic work of adhesion, $W_a$ increased, both the mechanical IFSS and the apparent modulus increased, which indicated the consistency with each other.

• Composites Research
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.317-322
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• 2018

In various industry, the composite is tried to be applied to products and thermoplastic based composite is in the spotlight because this composite can be recycled. The use of continuous fiber thermoplastic (CFT) method increased gradually than long fiber thermoplastic (LFT). In this study, tensile, flexural, and impact test of different array types of glass fiber (GF)/thermoplastic composites were performed to compare with GF array. Impregnation property between GF mat and thermoplastic was determined using computed tomography (CT). At CFT method, thermoplastic film is not wet into GF roving and many voids are appeared into composite. This phenomenon affects to decrease mechanical properties. Plain pattern GF mat was the best mechanical and impregnation properties that distance between two roving was set closely to $100{\mu}m$.

• Composites Research
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.328-333
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• 2013

In this study, bone plate made of glass/polypropylene composite material which was applied to an artificial bone was tested to check the service ability under fatigue loading. To check serviceability of composite bone plates fatigue test was carried out considering changes in the moisture absorption rate, locking position of screws and loading condition. Test results showed that all the tested specimens had the fatigue life more than one million cycles which was much higher fatigue life than the expected value of 650,000 cycles. Screw position was not critical impact on the deformation of the fracture site. In this paper, the mechanical performance of the glass/polypropylene composite was verified by fatigue test under various water absorption conditions, and this result may give useful information on the design of composite bone plate.

• Composites Research
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.143-147
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• 2021

Full width half maximum (FWHM) analysis of superimposed terahertz (THz) signals in the glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) was studied to detect fine delamination inside GFRP. The THz signals were measured for each fine delamination size inside the GFRP using the reflection mode of the terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system. Then, the FWHM of the superimposed THz signal reflected at the fine delamination was extracted. Thereafter, the complex refractive index of the GFRP was measured using transmission mode of the THzTDS system. Based on this, the FWHM of the superimposed THz signal at the fine delamination were calculated and compared with respect to the fine delamination size. From the theoretically calculated superimposed signals, the relationship between the fine delamination size and the FWHM in the superimposed THz signal was derived. Consequently, the fine delamination size could be predicted through the analysis of the FWHM extracted from the THz signal at the fine delamination.

• Composites Research
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.38-46
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• 2001

In this study, An optimization code that can design microwave absorbing composite laminates is developed, and 3-layered microwave absorbing composite laminates are developed by optimizing the thickness of each layer. The layers are 3 different composite laminates. Many variables including lay-up angles of electromagnetically orthotropic composite layer can be considered in this code. The developed laminate is composed of an impedance matching layer of glass/epoxy fabric laminate, a glass/epoxy fabric laminate layer containing aluminum filler and carbon/epoxy fabric laminate layer. Permittivities of the materials are obtained using a network analyzer and a coaxial air line.

• Composites Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.75-79
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• 2022

In this study, the effect of mechanical and chemical properties of glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic (GFRTPs) according to the number of recycling was confirmed. The composite materials were manufactured through a hot press compression molding process using an E-glass chopped strand mat and a polypropylene film. Four specimens were named according to the number of recycled test repeat: First manufacture, 1st Recycle, 2nd Recycle, and 3rd Recycle. To investigate the mechanical properties of the prepared specimen, tensile test, flexural test, drop-weight impact test, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and field emission electron gun-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) was performed. As a result, as the number of recycling steps repeat, the degree of crystallization, tensile strength, elastic modulus, and flexural strength were increased, but the impact properties were greatly reduced.