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Interfacial Fracture in Environmentally Friendly Thermoplastic Composite-Metal Laminates
Technical Paper
2006-01-0117
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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This paper investigates the interfacial fracture properties of composite-metal laminates by using the single-cantilever beam testing technique. The hybrid systems consisted of a layer of aluminum alloy (6061 or 2024-T3) bonded to polypropylene based composites. In this study, two non-chromate surface treatments were applied to the aluminum substrates: SafeGard CC-300 Chrome free seal (from Sanchem Inc.) and TCP-HF (from Metalast International Inc.). These are environmentally friendly surface treatments that enhance the adhesion and corrosion resistance of aluminum alloys. Flat hybrid panels were manufactured using a one step cold press manufacturing procedure. Single cantilever bend specimens were cut from the panels and tested at 1mm/min. Results have shown that the CC-300 treated Al 2024-T3 alloy and Twintex exhibited higher interfacial fracture energy values. It was also observed that increasing the number of layers of the coupling agent resulted in an increase of the interfacial fracture energy.
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Reyes-Villanueva, G. and Gupta, S., "Interfacial Fracture in Environmentally Friendly Thermoplastic Composite-Metal Laminates," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-0117, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-0117.Also In
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