Original Article
  • Nondestructive Evaluation and Microfailure Mechanisms of Single Fibers/Brittle Cement Matrix Composites using Electro-Micromechanical Technique and Acoustic Emission
  • J.M. Park, S.I. Lee, J.W. Kim, D.J. Yoon
  • Electro-Micromechanical 시험법과 Acoustic Emission을 이용한 단섬유/시멘트 복합재료의 미세파괴 메커니즘과 비파괴적 평가
  • 박종만(경상대학교 응용화학공학부/고분자공학전공, 항공기부품기술연구센터, 교신저자(E-mail:jinpark@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr)), 이상일(경상대학교 응용화학공학부/고분자공학전공, 항공기부품기술연구센터), 김진원(경상대학교 응용화학공학부/고분자공학전공, 항공기부품기술연구센터), 윤동진(한국표준과학연구원 비파괴평가그룹)
Abstract
Interfacial and microfailure properties of the modified steel, carbon and glass fibers/cement composites were investigated using electro-pullout test under tensile and compressive tests with acoustic emission (AE). The hand-sanded steel composite exhibited higher interfacial shear strength (lFSS) than the untreated and even neoalkoxy zirconate (Zr) treated steel fiber composites. This might be due to the enhanced mechanical interlocking, compared to possible hydrogen or covalent bonds. During curing process, the contact resistivity decreased rapidly at the initial stage and then showed a level-off. Comparing to the untreated case, the contact resistivity of either Zr-treated or hand-sanded steel fiber composites increased to the infinity at latter stage. The number of AE signals of hand-sanded steel fiber composite was much more than those of the untreated and Zr-treated cases due to many interlayer failure signals. AE waveforms for pullout and frictional signals of the hand-sanded composite are larger than those of the untreated case. For dual matrix compositε (DMC), AE energy and waveform under compressive loading were much highεrand larger than those under tensile loading , due to brittle but well-enduring ceramic nature against compressive stress. Vertical multicrack exhibits for glass fiber composite under tensile test, whereas buckling failure appeared under compressive loading. Electro-micromechanical technique with AE can be used as an efficient nondestructive (NDT) method to evaluate the interfacial and microfailure mechanisms for conductive fibers/brittle and nontransparent cement composites.

Interfacial and microfailure properties of the modified steel, carbon and glass fibers/cement composites were investigated using electro-pullout test under tensile and compressive tests with acoustic emission (AE). The hand-sanded steel composite exhibited higher interfacial shear strength (lFSS) than the untreated and even neoalkoxy zirconate (Zr) treated steel fiber composites. This might be due to the enhanced mechanical interlocking, compared to possible hydrogen or covalent bonds. During curing process, the contact resistivity decreased rapidly at the initial stage and then showed a level-off. Comparing to the untreated case, the contact resistivity of either Zr-treated or hand-sanded steel fiber composites increased to the infinity at latter stage. The number of AE signals of hand-sanded steel fiber composite was much more than those of the untreated and Zr-treated cases due to many interlayer failure signals. AE waveforms for pullout and frictional signals of the hand-sanded composite are larger than those of the untreated case. For dual matrix compositε (DMC), AE energy and waveform under compressive loading were much highεrand larger than those under tensile loading , due to brittle but well-enduring ceramic nature against compressive stress. Vertical multicrack exhibits for glass fiber composite under tensile test, whereas buckling failure appeared under compressive loading. Electro-micromechanical technique with AE can be used as an efficient nondestructive (NDT) method to evaluate the interfacial and microfailure mechanisms for conductive fibers/brittle and nontransparent cement composites.

This Article

  • 2001; 14(3): 18-31

    Published on Jun 30, 2001