Experimental investigation on impact resistance and energy absorption of multicell thin walled glass fibre reinforced polymer composite

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Year : 2024 | Volume :11 | Special Issue : 13 | Page : 85-95
By

    Nanjundaswamy H.S.

  1. Srikanth H.V.

  2. Sambhaji Lore

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore the behaviour of different types GFRP cell structures under dynamic load testing. In this study we have designed, fabricated, tested and analyzed specimens of different configurations (Cylindrical structure – 1 cell, 2 cell and 4 cell) using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP). GFRP constituents are Glass fibre of 200 GSM with L-12 epoxy and K-6 hardener. Test specimens were manufactured by conventional manufacturing techniques. These test specimens were subjected to Drop weight Impact Test. The Limiting crushing force, displacement and strain energy absorption were investigated experimentally on all the test samples. In the testing, the crushing behaviour of all the configurations of multi-cell were determined. Considering free mass/load of 30 kg and free fall height of 1 metre, for same height of single/two/four cell composite structures results showed that crush depth in Single Cell is about 16.038%, Two Cell is about 13.44% and Four Cell structure is about 9.384%, This proves that the 4 cell composite structure is stronger to 2 cell and to single cell composite structures.

Keywords: Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Multi cell, Drop weight impact test, Limiting load, Strain energy,

[This article belongs to Special Issue under section in Journal of Polymer and Composites(jopc)]

How to cite this article: Nanjundaswamy H.S., Srikanth H.V., Sambhaji Lore , Experimental investigation on impact resistance and energy absorption of multicell thin walled glass fibre reinforced polymer composite jopc 2024; 11:85-95
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Special Issue Open Access Original Research
Volume 11
Special Issue 13
Received October 30, 2023
Accepted December 20, 2023
Published March 29, 2024
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