Paper / Subject Code: TE1219 / 3)Fibre Reinforced Composites TE1219 Total No. of Printed Pages:3 TE. (Mechanical) (Semester-V1) (RC 2019-20) EXAMINATION JULY 2022 Fiber Reinforced Composites {Duration : Three Hours] [Total Marks : 100] 1. Autempt 5 full questions in all by selecting 2 full questions each from PART-A and PART-B and 1 full question from PART-C 2. Assume any missing data. 3. Figures to the right indicate marks PART A Ql a) With a neat sketch explain the manufacturing of Glass fibres. 07 b) What are natural fibres? Explain with examples, properties and applications. Also state 08 advantages and limitations of natural fibres. ©) Explain the applications of FRC's in Automotive Industry. 05 Q2 a) What do you mean by gel-time? How do you determine the gel-time of a resin catalyst 06 Combination? b) Explain in detail the processing of continuous length FRC products by Pultrusion. 08 What are the merits and demerits? ©) Explain the processing of FRC by Filament Winding Technique. 06 Q3 a) Explain the following with respect to polymeric solids: 09 i) Glass Transition Temperature ii) Creep & Stress Relaxation iii) Heat Deflection Temperature ) Explain the Hand Lay Up process for manufacturing of FRC. 06 cc) What are SMC's? Give a brief account of types of SMC's. 05 PARTB Q4 a) Elaborate on the methods used in Ultrasonic inspection process for detecting defects in 10 composite parts with neat sketches. b) A composite is fabricated from glass fibers of 0.0mm diameter in an epoxy matrix, 10 All the fibers are aligned parallel to the direction of load application. The volume fraction of fibers is 60%. Determine the load — transfer length for composite stresses 90MPa and 250 Mpa. If the ultimate strength of the fibers considered is 2.5 Gpa, calculate critical fiber length, Assume that the matrix behaves as a rigid — plastic material with a yield strength shear of 40 Mpa and that Er= 90Gpa and En = 4.5 Gpa ‘TEAS7ABB6162F SESEARI2A455 10FE3Qs Q6 Q7 Q8 Paper / Subject Code: TE1219 / 3)Fibre Reinforced Composites a) Determine the stiffness and compliance matrices for a Unidirectional lamina that has the following engineering constants: Ex. = 181 Gpa, Er = 10.3 Gpa, Gur = 7.17 Gpa, Vy = 0.28. b) Longitudinal axis of an orthotropic lamina (Boron-Epoxy) makes an angle of 60° with the X-Axis. The average tensile strength of this Boron-Epoxy off-axis tensile specimen is 250MPa, Using Tsai — Wu failure theory, verify whether failure will occur for the state of stress shown in Fig. I. The properties for the lamina are as follows: Su=1.3 Gpa, Sn = 62 Mpa , Sic= 2.5 Gpa, Sr.=310 Mpa & Sur. = 69 Mpa 25 Mee ee Fe air Nie, pps ois Sr Figh 8) In an aligned and continuous carbon FRP composite, the fibers are to carry 93% of @ load applied in the longitudinal direction. Determine the volume fraction of fibers that will be required, if the modulus values of carbon fiber and polymer matrix are 240Gpa and 3 GPa, respectively. What will be the tensile strength of this composite? Assume that the matrix stress at fiber failure is $6 MPa and tensile strength of carbon fiber is 3600 MPa. b) Explain the testing of tensile properties of fiber reinforced composites. ) Write a Comparative note on Isotropic, Anisotropic and Orthotropic Materials PARTC 8) What do you mean by surface modification of fibers? How do you modify the surface of glass fibers to improve its interfacial characteristics? b) An angle-ply lamina is subjected to normal stresses of S0Mpa and 40Mpa in the x & y directions respectively and a shear stress of 30MPa. The angle between loading direction and the fibre direction is 30°. The longitudinal and transverse moduli of the Iamina are 150 Gpa and 21 Gpa respectively. Determine the stresses along the material (L, T) axes and also the strains along the X-Y Axis. Take Gur = 28Gpa, Vir = 0.25, a) An aligned, continuous fiber-reinforced lamina is subjected to a uniaxial tensile load P in the x direction. The laminate width and thickness are 50 mm and 2 mm, ‘TASTAEB6162F SESEA892A 455 10FEIEC TEI219 10 10 08 07 0s 08: 2 2Paper / Subject Code: TE1219 / 3)Fibre Reinforced Composites TEI219 respectively. The following strength properties are known’ Su= Suc = 1.45GPa; Six = 45MPa; Sre = 250MPa and Sirs = 60MPa Using Maximum stress theory, determine the maximum value of P for each of the following cases: (i) 8 = 0° and (ii) 6= 60° b) Explain the processing of fibre reinforced composites using compression moulding. 08 ‘TEA84EB6162FSESE4892A45510FESECake dm,