Temperature deformation of laminated composite rings

The results of dilatometric measurements on wound circular glass-reinforced plastic rings composed of glass tape and epoxy-phenolic resin are presented. The changes in inside and outside diameter were measured on the temperature interval from 20 to 100°C at various diameter ratios. The theoretical conclusion [1] that anisotropy has a strong influence on the temperature deformation of circular cylinders and rings of composite material is confirmed.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1131–1132, November–December, 1969.     

Winding glass-reinforced plastic rings under programmed tension

The strength, stiffness, and initial stresses of glass-reinforced plastic rings wound under variable tension in accordance with five different programs are considered. The relative thickness of the rings was 0.15–0.20. It is shown that the law of variation of the tension on the tape during winding has an important effect on the investigated parameter.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 361–364, March–April, 1971.     

Results of an experimental investigation of the residual stresses in wound glass-reinforced plastics

The results of an experimental investigation of the residual stresses in wound glass-reinforced plastic rings are presented. The residual stresses were determined by the Davidenkov method. The dependence of the maximum tensile and compressive circumferential stresses on ring thickness and polymerization temperature is investigated. The experimental data are compared with the results of calculations based on the theory proposed in [1, 2].Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1116–1119, November–December, 1970.     

Calculation of the residual stresses in wound glass-reinforced plastic parts when the material characteristics vary over the thickness

The thermoelastic residual stresses in anisotropic rings and cylinders with characteristics that vary over the thickness are determined. The calculation of the stresses in wound glass-reinforced plastic parts is illustrated by examples.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga, Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 686–691, July–August, 1971.     

Calculation of the residual stresses in wound glass-reinforced plastics

The effect of the winding and polymerization conditions on the residual stress distribution in wound glass-reinforced plastic cylinders is subjected to a numerical analysis. The calculations are based on the method proposed in [1]. The computer data are examined and the theoretical and experimental results compared.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1026–1030, November–December, 1970.     

Calculation of the residual stresses and strains in wound reinforced-plastic products

A method is proposed for determining the residual stresses and strains in wound glass-reinforced plastic products. The fabrication process is divided into five stages: winding, heating polymerization, cooling, and removal from the mandrel. The initial stresses that develop during winding and the subsequent stress increment associated with heating are taken into account. Polymerization is treated as a process during which the mechanical and thermophysical properties of the material change. Chemical shrinkage of the resin and its filtration through the fiberglass are disregarded. Equations are derived for the residual radial and peripheral stresses in the finished product, for the residual change in inside diameter, and for the temperature at which the product is released from the mandrel during the cooling process. The experimental data relating to two types of wound products are discussed. The results of a computation of the residual stresses and the residual changes in inside diameter are compared with the experimental data.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 134–139, January–February, 1969.     

Statistical characteristics of the mechanical properties of glass-reinforced plastics

A statistical analysis has been made of experimental data on the mechanical properties of a glass-reinforced plastic based on T₁ glass fabric (Soviet standard GOST 8481-61) and IF-ÉD-6 epoxy resin (Elektroizolit Plant, tech. spec. TU 26-59) obtained by testing specimens cut from the waste of wound cylindrical shells. The data obtained can be used for estimating the mechanical reliability of products composed of glass-reinforced plastics of this type.Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 131–134, January–February, 1971.     

Some mechanical properties of film-reinforced plastics

Model cylindrical shells have been wound from glass and Dacron (Mylar) film strip in accordance with a technique developed by the authors. A layer of glass-reinforced plastic, oriented in the direction of the circumferential tensile stresses, was applied to the outer cylindrical surface of the shells. Certain mechanical properties of the film plastics and their ability to cooperate with the glass-reinforced plastic outer layer were investigated by subjecting the shells to internal liquid pressure. The possibility of obtaining impermeable shells, equally strong in the axial and circumferential directions, was confirmed.Bauman Moscow Higher Technical College. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 135–139, January–February, 1971.     

Effect of residual stresses on the strength of oriented glass-reinforced plastics

The effect of structural residual stresses on the strength of a glass-reinforced plastic loaded along and across the fibers is investigated. It is established that the residual stresses lead to an increase in the strength of the glass-reinforced plastic across the fibers and to cracking of the polymer matrix in tension along the fibers, but have practically no effect on the combined deformation of the matrix and the fibers in compression.Moscow Ordzhonikidze Aviation Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 475–480, May–June, 1969.     

Variation of certain transverse characteristics over the thickness of wound glass-reinforced plastic rings

The variation of certain transverse characteristics over the thickness of wound glass-reinforced plastic rings has been experimentally determined under normal conditions and at the polymerization temperature of the material investigated. The characteristics in question are used in investigating the state of stress of the ring and the initial fabrication stresses.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 165–167, January–February, 1970.     

Effect of climatic loading on the residual stresses and carrying capacity of thick-walled glass-reinforced plastic rings

The effect of climatic loading on the carrying capacity of thick-walled glass-reinforced plastic rings with different residual stress levels has been experimentally investigated. It is established that the rings with the greater residual stress level have a lower maximum breaking load. The carrying capacity of the rings is reduced after simulated aging. This effect is shown to be more sharply expressed in the experiments in which the rings were subjected to dynamic loading.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1132–1134, November–December, 1971.     

Investigation of the principal dense-winding conditions for wound glass-reinforced plastic pipe

The dense-winding conditions have been found for glass-reinforced plastic pipe wound simultaneously with a large number of strands [conditions (15), (17), and (18)] and relations have been obtained for calculating the winding mechanism kinematics. Kinematic equations have been derived for dense winding by displacement of the strands in the pipe cross section, along the pipe axis, and in both directions at once.Glass-Reinforced Plastics Division of the All-Union Lenin Electrical Engineering Institute, Khar'kov. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1057–1064, November–December, 1970.     

Resistance of wound glass-reinforced plastics to failure by unwinding

The debonding of wound glass-reinforced plastics is examined from the statistical standpoint. The statistical stress intensity distribution function characterizing the fracture toughness is obtained. The effect of defect size on the critical nominal stresses is discussed.Moscow Aviation Technological Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 881–885, September–October, 1969.     

Study of the residual (internal) stresses in reinforced epoxy resin

An optical polarization method has been used to study the residual (internal) stresses in reinforced ED-6 epoxy resin cured with maleic anhydride. The effects of "chemical" shrinkage, volume change relaxation during during curing, and the difference linear coefficients of thermal expansion for reinforcement and resin are elucidated. It is shown that adjacent reinforcing elements interact. The stress state is investigated with reference to a model of the elementary cell of the regular structure of a unidirectional glass-reinforced plastic. The residual stresses are found as a function of the resin/reinforcement ratio.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 76–80, 1965     

Determination of residual stresses in plastics

A method is proposed for calculating the residual stresses in hot-molded plastics parts. Data are presented for a polyester glass-reinforced plastic.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 827–832, 1967     

Some features of the unwinding of glass-reinforced plastic rings

The reasons for the nonhomogeneity of the material of wound glass-reinforced plastic tubes are discussed. Formulas are given for constructing the shrinkage or temperature stress diagrams for nonhomogeneous tubes by the unwinding method.S. M. Kirov Ural Polytechnic Institute, Sverdlovsk. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1076–1081, November–December, 1973.     

Experimental investigation of the strength of structural plastics in multiple pulsed bending

Strip-beams of molded fabric-reinforced plastic, unidirectional wound glass-reinforced plastic, and polystyrene and syntactic foam have been tested in pulse bending in a modified electrodynamic testing device. The main stages of the failure process and the nature of the relation between the peak load and the number of cycles to failure have been established. For all the materials tested these relations are similar to the cyclic strength curves obtained at low loading rates. It is shown that for glass-reinforced plastics there is a correlation between the various stages of the failure process.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 337–341, March–April, 1971.     

Residual stresses in glass-reinforced plastics parts

The determination of the residual stresses in glass-reinforced plastics elements is considered. It is shown that these stresses reach appreciable values and should be taken into account in strength calculations. Quantitative data are supplied for a series of materials. At normal operating temperatures the residual stresses are stable.Moscow Aviation Technological Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1117–1119, November–December, 1969.     

Minimax problem of determining the tape tension during winding on a compliant bobbin

The object of this report is to analyze the modes in which the tension on the inner turns drops when a tape or a thread are wound on a compliant bobbin as, for example, during processing of glass-plastic products. It is established here under what conditions one cannot possibly ensure a uniform residual tension in all turns upon completion of the winding; for this case, then, the optimum mode of tension change during winding is sought, so that the tension drop in the inner turns will be minimum.     

Thermoelastic stresses in a nonuniform orthotropic cylinder

The stress distribution in a cylinder with cooling nonuniform with respect to the circumferential coordinate is investigated. The nonuniformity of the mechanical properties of the material in this direction is taken into account. Numerical results obtained at values of the parameters characteristic of wound glass-reinforced products are discussed.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 560–563, May–June, 1975.