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Effects of salt water environment on the mechanical behavior of composites

복합재료의 기계적 거동에 염수환경이 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • 문진범 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과 항공우주공학 대학원) ;
  • 김수현 (삼성중공업 풍력발전 사업부) ;
  • 김천곤 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과 항공우주공학)
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

In this paper, two different experiments, namely, salt water spray and salt water immersion, were performed to reproduce the contact of composites with the seawater for three kinds of woven fabric composite material systems which would be used for the WIG(wing in ground effect)craft. After aging 140 days in the salt water environment, material properties of carbon/epoxy and glass/epoxy composite such as tensile, compressive and shear stiffness and strength, and inter-laminar shear strength (ILSS) were measured. By comparing baseline material properties with degraded ones, the effects of the salt water environment on the composite mechanical properties were evaluated. From the experiments, it was confirmed that the difference in aging conditions had very small influence on composite properties. And it was found that tensile strength of carbon/epoxy composites showed little degradation, but much more degradation was observed in glass/epoxy composites. And large degradations on matrix dominant properties were observed. The salt water could damage the fiber-matrix interface, matrix properties and the glass fiber.

본 연구에서는 염수 침수 실험과 염수 분무 실험이라는 두 가지의 실험을 위그선의 구조재료로 사용될 3가지 다른 복합재료 시스템에 대해서 해수와의 접촉에 의한 물성저하를재현하기 위해 수행하였다. 140일간 염수환경하에서 노화시킨 후 탄소섬유 복합재료와유리섬유 복합재료의 인장, 압축, 전단 강성과 강도 및 층간 전단 강도를 측정하였다. 기본 물성파의 비교를 통해서 염수환경이 복합재료의 기계적 물성에 미치는 영향이 평가되었다. 실험을 통해 염수 분무환경과 침수 환경의 차이는 거의 영향을 미치지 않음을 확인하였다. 탄소섬유 복합재료의 경우 인장 물성에 적은 손실이 발생한 반면 유리섬유 복합재료에서는 인장물성의 저하률이 탄소섬유 복합재료에 비해서 큼을 확인하였다. 그리고 모재 지배적 물성들의 큰 물성저하가 관찰되었다. 이를 통해, 염수는 복합재료의 섬유와 모재 사이의 계면을 퇴화시키고, 또한 모재 자체 물성과 유리섬유의 물성을 저하시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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