Strength of adhesion of epoxy polymer to carbon,glass, and steel fibers

A study has been made of the strength of adhesion of epoxy polymer to fibers of various chemical natures, and it has been shown that the magnitude of the adhesion depends not only on the nature of the fiber but also on its surface geometry. Questions are discussed on the effect of residual (internal) stresses arising during the process of heat-treating or cooling samples of bonded articles on the strength of the adhesive bond.Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 37–42, January–February, 1974.