Experimental research on continuous basalt fiber and basalt-fibers-reinforced polymers

Xueyi Zhang; Guangping Zou; Zhiqiang Shen

doi:10.1117/12.839375

25 August 2009 Experimental research on continuous basalt fiber and basalt-fibers-reinforced polymers

Xueyi Zhang, Guangping Zou, Zhiqiang Shen

Proceedings Volume 7375, ICEM 2008: International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 2008; 73756C (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839375
Event: International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 2008 and Seventh Asian Conference on Experimental Mechanics, 2008, Nanjing, China

Abstract

The interest for continuous basalt fibers and reinforced polymers has recently grown because of its low price and rich natural resource. Basalt fiber was one type of high performance inorganic fibers which were made from natural basalt by the method of melt extraction. This paper discusses basic mechanical properties of basalt fiber. The other work in this paper was to conduct tensile testing of continuous basalt fiber-reinforced polymer rod. Tensile strength and stress-strain curve were obtained in this testing. The strength of rod was fairly equal to rod of E-glass fibers and weaker than rod of carbon fibers. Surface of crack of rod was studied. An investigation of fracture mechanism between matrix and fiber was analyzed by SEM (Scanning electron microscopy) method. A poor adhesion between the matrix and fibers was also shown for composites analyzing SEM photos. The promising tensile properties of the presented basalt fibers composites have shown their great potential as alternative classical composites.

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Xueyi Zhang, Guangping Zou, and Zhiqiang Shen "Experimental research on continuous basalt fiber and basalt-fibers-reinforced polymers", Proc. SPIE 7375, ICEM 2008: International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 2008, 73756C (25 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839375

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