Estudo da descontinuidade geométrica em lâmina de tecido híbrido bidirecional vidro/carbono

Abstract

The technological and economic development growing converge to the necessity of create increasingly efficient materials, which seek to combine high performance and low cost. The composites appear as solution to substitute conventional materials, because they are developed for specific applications and may have desired characteristics. Hybrid fabrics applied to fibrous composites, if adequately designed, allow an even greater improvement in efficiency, since, unlike conventional fabrics, these combine different fibers with different load-dependent alignment and can obtain a more efficient material. In this work, analyzes were carried out with the aim of studying the behavior of a composite lamina reinforced by bi - directional (glass/carbon) hybrid fabric in presence of geometric discontinuities. In order to carry out this study, the composite material was fabricated from the manual molding process (hand-lay up). From the tests performed, according to ASTM standards, the characteristics and properties of the material were obtained (mass and volume percentages of fibers, stressstrain curve, ultimate strength and modulus of elasticity). Configurations were made with fibers aligned in the main directions (0° and 90°) and at angles (30°, 45° and 60°). The composite lamina had a total mass percentage of fibers of 38.98%, being 19.49% of glass fiber and 19.49% of carbon fiber. For the volumetric percentage, the following results were obtained: 10.91% of glass fiber and 14.88% of carbon fiber. From the results obtained in the stress tests it was noted that the materials with angled fibers have lower resistance than those with alignment in the main direction and at the same time they presented greater stretches. The residual strength presented similar results having values around 0.774, except for the material with 30° angulations', which presented a value of 0.676. Considering the found results, it is evident that the geometric discontinuity is a relevant factor in the strength of this composite and should be considered.