| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5205915 | Polymer Testing | 2015 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
An experimental study of the fatigue strength of injection moulded short fibre reinforced polyamide plates is presented, which investigated the combined effect of notch tip radius and injection gate position on injection moulded specimens. Fatigue tests were conducted on samples having two symmetric V-shaped notches, with a fillet radius varying from 0.5 to 2Â mm. The injection moulding conditions and resulting fibre orientation distribution were varied by injecting the plates longitudinally and laterally. For the same type of injection gate, the influence of the notch root radius appeared to be negligible, with the exception of the smallest radius which had a lower strength. Measurements of fibre orientation showed that the smallest radius modified the local fibre structure, and fatigue crack growth observations showed that the crack propagation phase become dominant with the smallest radius.
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Authors
Andrea Bernasconi, Edoardo Conrado, Peter Hine,