High cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured woven carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composite gears
(2021) In Polymer Testing 102.- Abstract
- The high cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite gears is investigated. The CFRP gears were milled from a composite plate and tested in mesh with a steel drive gear under five torque loads ranging between 0.4 and 0.8 Nm in unlubricated conditions. A detailed gear damage analysis is conducted by employing scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution optical microscopy. Epoxy matrix microcracking is found to be the damage mechanism that leads to the final delamination failure. CFRP gears exhibited a significantly improved performance and a longer fatigue lifespan in comparison with the polymer and polymer composite gears.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/12dc5293-c9d4-4c88-98a1-995480a1cf8f
- author
- Zorko, Damijan ; Tavčar, Jože LU ; Bizjak, Milan ; Šturm, Roman and Bergant, Zoran
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Polymer composites, Fatigue, Finite element analysis (FEA), Fatigue testing, Gears
- in
- Polymer Testing
- volume
- 102
- article number
- 107339
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85115777077
- ISSN
- 0142-9418
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107339
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 12dc5293-c9d4-4c88-98a1-995480a1cf8f
- date added to LUP
- 2021-09-10 10:24:48
- date last changed
- 2023-04-02 17:30:23
@article{12dc5293-c9d4-4c88-98a1-995480a1cf8f, abstract = {{The high cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite gears is investigated. The CFRP gears were milled from a composite plate and tested in mesh with a steel drive gear under five torque loads ranging between 0.4 and 0.8 Nm in unlubricated conditions. A detailed gear damage analysis is conducted by employing scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution optical microscopy. Epoxy matrix microcracking is found to be the damage mechanism that leads to the final delamination failure. CFRP gears exhibited a significantly improved performance and a longer fatigue lifespan in comparison with the polymer and polymer composite gears.}}, author = {{Zorko, Damijan and Tavčar, Jože and Bizjak, Milan and Šturm, Roman and Bergant, Zoran}}, issn = {{0142-9418}}, keywords = {{Polymer composites; Fatigue; Finite element analysis (FEA); Fatigue testing; Gears}}, language = {{eng}}, publisher = {{Elsevier}}, series = {{Polymer Testing}}, title = {{High cycle fatigue behaviour of autoclave-cured woven carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composite gears}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107339}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107339}}, volume = {{102}}, year = {{2021}}, }