Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass reinforced polypropylene and epoxy composites

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2013) Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass reinforced polypropylene and epoxy composites. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

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Abstract

We have recently reported the development of a method which allows the measurement of IFSS over a wide temperature range [6,7]. In this paper we present data obtained using the microbond test in the temperature controlled environment of a thermo-mechanical analyser (TMA). IFSS in glass fibre–polypropylene and glass fibre-epoxy systems in the temperature range -40°C to 150°C are presented and discussed.