Residual stresses in glass-reinforced polyethylene

The variation of the axial and radial components of the residual stresses in fiber-reinforced polyethylene with distance from the fiber has been investigated. It is shown that, irrespective of the agent employed, coupling leads to an increase in stresses. The values obtained for the residual stresses are compared with the adhesion strength determined by the shearing method. The effect of a structure-forming agent on the residual stresses is investigated.Mendeleev Moscow Chemical Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 722–724, July–August, 1971.     

Residual stress distribution in different types of adhesion joints

The results of a photoelastic investigation of the distributions of shrinkage and temperature residual stresses in glued joints and coatings are compared. The degree of nonuniformity of the residual stress distribution over the length and thickness is determined as a function of the scale factor. It is shown that the bulk of the residual stresses in metal joints glued with K-115 epoxy adhesive are temperature stresses, which may reach 130 kgf/cm². The shrinkage and temperature residual stress distributions are similar in character.Kucherenko Central Scientific-Research Institute of Building Structures. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 738–742, July–August, 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.     

Mechanical properties of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic and the residual stresses in wound components made out of combined composites

A technique for calculating the residual stresses in wound components made out of mixed carbon-fiber-and glass-fiber-reinforced plastics and the results of the calculations are presented. The effect of the conditions under which the components are wound on the magnitude and nature of the residual stresses distribution in components made out of combined composites is investigated. The results of the calculations are compared with the experimental values.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 996–1004, November–December, 1975.     

Experimental study of the effect of technological parameters on the residual stresses in thin-walled coiled parts

The effect of the parameters of heat treatment and programmed winding under tension on the residual stresses in thin-walled coiled parts made from glass plastic by the "dry" winding of a heated glass strip on an unheated mandrel is studied experimentally. The effect of the thickness of the parts on the maximum radial residual stresses is considered. A method is proposed for regulating the residual stresses in parts with very thick walls.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 75–80, January–February, 1972.     

Effect of technological factors on the mechanical reliability of structures made from composites

Research on the effect of technological factors on the strength of reinforced-plastics structures is reviewed. Attention is concentrated on structures in the form of bodies of revolution fabricated by the winding technique. The influence of the winding parameters and the curing regime on the residual stresses is discussed. Data on the variation of the mechanical properties of the resin in the course of the curing process are examined. The contributions of chemical and thermal shrinkage to residual stress formation are compared. Methods of reducing the residual stresses are considered.Presented at the 2nd All-Union Conference on Polymer Mechanics, Riga, November 10–12, 1971.Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 529–540, May–June, 1972.     

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.     

Variation of the residual stresses during the fabrication of thick-walled wound glass-reinforced plastic articles

The results of an experimental investigation of the development of the residual stresses in thick-walled glass-reinforced plastic cylinders during the fabrication process are presented. The variation of the stresses from the beginning of winding to removal of the cyclinders from the mandrel is examined.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 355–357, March–April, 1974.     

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.     

Formation of residual stresses in components made out of laminated and fibrous composites during the hardening process

Conclusions The application of the theory of the viscoelasticity of unstable media to the calculation of the residual stresses enables one to reveal effects due to the change in the properties of a solidifying binder under different sets of operating conditions for the technological process. At the same time, it once again confirms that thermal shrinkage makes a significantly larger contribution to the magnitude of the residual stresses than chemical shrinkage. The absolute values of the stresses are in satisfactory agreement with results that were obtained using simpler calculational schemes.Moscow Power Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 790–795, September–October, 1976.     

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.     

Nonuniform isothermal curing of cylindrical products made of polymeric composites

Conclusion By increasing the curing temperature and reducing the winding rate, it is possible to obtain compressive radial stresses in a cylindrical product during the entire curing stage — which should prevent loss of integrity during the curing operation. When the duration of the curing process is limited, the magnitude of the compressive stresses will depend in an extreme manner on curing temperature. Meanwhile, in the general case, ensuring minimal residual stresses will not ensure the absence of tensile radial stresses during curing.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 5, pp. 873–877, September–October, 1988.     

A study of glass reinforced polyethylene

The effect of dressing a fiber on the wetting of it by a polyethylene melt is studied. The interconnection between the value of the adhesive strength and the residual stresses at the boundary between the glass fiber and polymer is analyzed. The role of the residual stresses during use of the glass-reinforced material and the part played by the chemical interaction between the polyethylene and the fiber in the water-resistant composition obtained in this way is analyzed.D. I. Mendeleev Moscow Chemicotechnical Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1048–1052, November–December, 1972.     

Investigation of the temperature residual stresses and strains in thick-walled wound reinforced plastic products

The kinetics of the temperature residual stresses and strains in thick-walled reinforced-plastic cylinders and rings have been experimentally investigated employing a special procedure for continuously monitoring the internal strains and stresses in the various zones of the semifinished product during the heat treatment stage. The effect of the resin polymerization (polycondensation) temperature and the mandrel material on the magnitude and distribution of the temperature stresses is considered. The total residual stresses have been determined by a nondestructive strain-gauge method with differentiation of the components.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1040–1046, November–December, 1971.     

The effect of interphase on residual thermal stresses. 1. Single fiber composite materials

Conclusions The residual thermal stresses in the constituents of a fiber-reinforced epoxy have been predicted using a concentric three-cylindrical (fiber-interphase-matrix) assemblage analysis. The interphase has been treated as a region with a variable Young's modulus — a direct consequence of the changes in the microstructure of the matrix near the fiber surface. The Navier equations of elasticity have been solved in series form solutions for each type of property variation.A parametric study is used to demonstrate the fact that changes in the interphase properties can drastically affect the residual stresses in the interphase.Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 579–589, September–October, 1994.     

Residual stresses in plastic rings reinforced with glass and manufactured with consolidation of the various layers

The residual stresses in thin-wall plastic rings reinforced with glass and prepared by the method of consolidating the layers in combination with various winding regimes have been studied experimentally. It is shown that variation of the winding regime from one layer to another can change the distribution of the stresses through the thickness of the ring.Moscow Energy Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 174–176, January–February, 1972.     

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     

Structural residual stresses in oriented glass-reinforced plastics

A previously proposed method is used to obtain expressions for calculating the residual stresses as a function of the physicomechanical properties of the polymer matrix and the reinforcement ratio. The calculation results are presented and the corresponding state of stress and strain analyzed. There are considerable deviations (in the magnitude and distribution of the stresses) from models that neglect or only take partly into account the interaction of the fibers.Moscow Ordzhonikidze Aviation Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 1051–1058, November–December, 1968.     

Reasons for the lowering of the lifetime of polymers under cyclic loading

A model is proposed which explains the lowering of the lifetime of polymers on transition from static to cyclic loading by the interaction of local stresses from an external load with residual stresses which arose after preceding loading cycles. The results predicted on the basis of the model have been checked experimentally on polymethyl methacrylate, and a good agreement has been shown.M. I. Kalinin Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 279–283, March–April, 1976.     

Experimental determination of residual stresses in wound unidirectional glass-reinforced plastics

The residual stresses in prestressed ring-shaped systems of wound unidirectional glass-reinforced tape have been investigated experimentally. The relation between the residual stress and the winding force has been established. A decrease in the specified prestress is demonstrated. The results of tensile tests on free rings of wound glass-reinforced tape are presented.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 123–129, 1966