Tensile mechanical behavior of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composites for ballistic application
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摘要: 以弹道防护用超高分子量聚乙烯(Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene,UHMWPE)纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料作为研究对象,通过热压工艺制备单向正交结构的复合材料层压板。基于自主设计的拉伸试验装置,开展UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料在宏观尺度和准细观尺度上的面内拉伸试验,研究其面内拉伸力学性能及失效模式。研究结果显示:弹道防护用UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料在准细观尺度上的面内拉伸力学性能是其本征性能;随着偏轴角度的增加,拉伸断裂强度呈现指数型下降,这是由于失效模式由纤维的拉伸断裂破坏转变为纤维-树脂基体的界面破坏;此外,其在宏观尺度上的拉伸破坏强度比在准细观尺度上的拉伸断裂强度降低了50.52%,这是由于宏观尺度上的面内拉伸力学响应是其面内拉伸变形和层间分层破坏的耦合结果,即层压板的叠层效应。Abstract: Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composites for ballistic application were selected as the research object. Composite laminates with unidirectional orthogonal structure were prepared by hot pressing process. Based on the self-designed tensile test device, the in-plane tensile tests of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composite on macro and quasi meso scales were carried out to investigate its in-plane tensile mechanical properties and failure modes. The results show that the in-plane tensile mechanical properties of UHMWPE composites for ballistic application on quasi meso scale are their intrinsic properties. With the increase of off-axis angle, the tensile fracture strength decreases exponentially. This is attributed to the failure mode changing from the tensile fracture failure of fiber to the interfacial failure between the fiber and resin matrix. Furthermore, the tensile failure strength of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composites on the macro scale is 50.52% lower than that on the quasi-meso scale, because the in-plane tensile mechanical response on the macro scale is the coupling result of in-plane tensile deformation and interlayer delamination failure, that is, the lamination effect of laminates.
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Key words:
- UHMWPE /
- composite /
- tensile properties /
- mechanical behavior /
- failure modes /
- quasi meso scale
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图 1 试验路线示意图:(a) 弹道防护用超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料的制备工艺;(b) 力学试验试样的制备工艺;(c) 拉伸试验装置及试样规格
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of experimental route: (a) Preparation process of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composites for ballistic application; (b) Preparation process of mechanical test sample; (c) Tensile test device and sample specification
UD—Unidirectional; R—Radius; Ø—Diameter
图 5 UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料在准细观尺度上的面内拉伸力学性能:(a) 拉伸断裂强度均值;(b) 拉伸断裂位移均值;(c) 拉伸断裂的比吸收能均值;(d) 面内拉伸断裂强度的分布
Figure 5. Tensile mechanical properties of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composite on quasi meso scale: (a) Average values of tensile strength at break; (b) Average values of tensile fracture displacement; (c) Average values of specific energy absorption of in-plane tensile fracture; (d) Distribution of in-pane tensile strength
Ptm-2—Tensile breaking strength in the range of 45°-90°; P2(α)—Functional relationship of tensile breaking strength in the range of 45°-90°; Ptm-1—Tensile breaking strength in the range of 0°-45°; P1(α)—Functional relationship of tensile breaking strength in the range of 0°-45°; $ \alpha $—Radian value
图 9 UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料在宏观尺度上的面内拉伸力学响应示意图:(a) 沿纤维轴向拉伸;(b) 偏离纤维轴向拉伸
Figure 9. Diagram of in-pane tensile mechanical response of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composite on macro scale: (a) Axial tensile; (b) Off-axis tensile
f (x)—In plane tensile force value function related to displacement
表 1 UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料的规格参数
Table 1. Specifications of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composite
Material Structure of coiled material (2UD) Width of coiled material/cm Areal density of 2UD sheet/(g·m−2) Fiber mass fraction/wt% UHMWPE fiber composite [0°/90°] 160 134±10 87±3 表 2 UHMWPE纤维增强热塑性树脂基复合材料拉伸试样规格参数
Table 2. Specimen specifications of tensile test of UHMWPE fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix composite
Test scale Structure Sample shape Specification Load direction/(°) Size of loading response region Number of effective
test piecesWidth/mm Thickness/mm Quasi-meso [0°/90°] Rectangle 0°-20 mm 0 20 0.1586 15 0°-20 mm 40 0.1586 21 0°-40 mm 7.5 40 0.1631 24 7.5°-40 mm 15 40 0.1691 25 30°-40 mm 30 40 0.1584 19 45°-40 mm 45 40 0.1590 21 90°-20 mm 90 20 0.1586 15 Macro [0°/90°]57 Dog-bone 0°-5 mm 0 5 8.0722 5 45°-5 mm 45 5 7.8481 5 90°-5 mm 90 5 8.0722 6 -
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