Abstract
The aim of this paper is to achieve the highest compressive strength of glass reinforced epoxy pipe with the geopolymer filler content of weight percentage that were used in glass reinforced epoxy pipe. The samples were prepared by using the filament winding method. The effect of weight percentage of geopolymer materials in epoxy hardener was studied under mechanical testing, which is using the compression test. A series of glass reinforced epoxy pipe and glass reinforced epoxy pipe filled with 10 – 40 weight percentage geopolymer filler which is white clay were prepared. The compression strength of the glass reinforced epoxy pipe filled geopolymer materials is determined using Instron Universal Testing under compression mode. It was found that compressive strength for samples with white clay geopolymer filler are much higher compare to glass reinforced epoxy pipe without geopolymer filler. Moreover, the compressive strength of glass reinforced epoxy pipe filled with white clay geopolymer filler was increased from 10 wt% to 30 wt% of geopolymer content. However, the compressive strength of glass reinforced epoxy pipe with white clay geopolymer filler suddenly decreased when added to 40 wt%. The results indicated that the blending of geopolymer materials in epoxy system can be obtained in this study.
Highlights
Filament winding is a type of composite manufacturing process, where a controlled amount of resin and oriented fibers are wound around a rotating mandrel and cured to produce the required composite part
It was found that geopolymer composite can be as a filler in the piping system application through filament winding technique that environmentally product and can be ease the production cost of the product
Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) pipe filled with white clay based-geopolymer was developed on epoxy resin with different weight percentage of the geopolymer material
Summary
Filament winding is a type of composite manufacturing process, where a controlled amount of resin and oriented fibers are wound around a rotating mandrel and cured to produce the required composite part. The process of filament winding has evolved to be the preferred, and most cost effective method, for producing pressure retaining structures from fiber reinforced polymeric (FRP) composites such as piping and tanks for the transportation/storage of fluids [1]. Filament winding can be described as the process of winding fiber material and resin around a shape known as a mandrel to create composite product. The process of filament winding is typically used to produce circular composite products with a hollow core. The filament winding process can consume many different fibers and resins to achieve desired characteristics of the finished component
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