A Direct Comparison of the Fragmentation Test and the Microbond Pull-out Test for Determining the Interfacial Shear Strength

Experiments were conducted to compare the fragmentation test with the microbond pull-out test for determining the interfacial shear strength between carbon AS4 fibers and a thermoset matrix consisting of a Di-Glycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A (DGEBA) resin cured with a diamine (meta-phenylenediamine, m-PDA) curing agent. The results indicate that, for the microbond test, diffusion of the rather volatile m-PDA curing agent at early stages of cure leads to low values of interfacial shear strengths when compared with results obtained for the same system with the fragmentation test.

With the microbond test, a distinct relationship between the glass transition temperature of the droplets and their size is noticed. Smaller (< 150 μm) droplets have very low Tg's and are incompletely cured. While changing to a modified curing cycle and/or using a m-PDA-rich curing environment alleviates the diffusion problem, the interfacial shear strength values are still not in good agreement with the fragmentation test results. Microbond data from another system consisting of DGEBA resin cured with a different, less volatile dimaine curing agent indicates that diffusion of the curing agent becomes less severe as the volatility of the curing agent decreases and the corresponding microbond interfacial shear strengths agree better with fragmentation test results.     

环氧树脂固化剂对高强玻璃纤维复合防弹板的力学性能影响分析

为高强玻璃纤维复合防弹板的环氧树脂固化剂进行研究。重点研究了三种不同固化剂的种类、用量及环氧树脂分子量对纤维复合板力学性能的影响。研究表明不同牌号、不同分子量的环氧树脂，对纤维复合板力学性能有一定影响。综合考虑选用间苯二胺作为高强玻璃纤维复合防弹板的固化剂。