E (Electric) -glass fibers are the most widely used glass fibers, taking up 90 % of the long glass fiber market. However, very few papers have appeared on the physical characteristics of E-glass fibers and how they depend on the fiberizing temperature of fiber spinning. Glass fiber was fabricated via continuous spinning process using bulk E-glass. In order to fabricate the E-glass specimen, raw materials were put into a Pt crucible and melted at 1550 oC for 2hrs; mixture was then annealed at 621 ± 10 oC for 2hrs. The transmittance and adaptable temperature for spinning of the bulk marble glass were characterized using a UV-visible spectrometer and a viscometer. Continuous spinning was carried out using direct melting spinning equipment as a function of the fiberizing temperature in the range of 1175~1250 oC, while the winder speed was fixed at 500 rpm. Subsequently we investigated the physical properties of the E-glass fiber. The average diameter of the synthesized glass fiber was measured by optical microscope. The mechanical properties of the fiber were confirmed using a UTM (universal materials testing machine); the maximum tensile strength was measured and found to be 1843 ± 449MPa at 1225 oC.

GFRP복합재료의 피로거동은 하중형식, 재질 및 섬유의 강화구조, 환경적인 인자들의 영향을 크게 받는것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는GFRP의 피로거동에 미치는 증류수 흡습의 영향을 알아보기 위해 chopped strand glass mat강화 불포화 polyester수지 복합재료의피로특성을 조사하였다. 피로균열은 건조재와 흡습재 모두 피로 cycle초기에 발생하며 그 후 균열성장이 점차 둔화되는 영역과 가속되는 영역으로 나뉘어졌다. 또한 증류수의 흡습은 섬유와 기지재 사이의 결합력을 저하시키며 그로 인해 균영성장방향에 수직인곳에서의 fiber pull-out 발생과 균열성장방향에 있는 섬유들에서의 debonding이 증가하여 피로강도가 저하하였다.

In this study, the tensile properties of FRP in the oceanic environment were compared. The tensile properties at room temperature and sea water temperature were compared and the tensile properties according to the the salt stress permeation duration are compared. It is appeared that the difference in the tensile properties of composite materials due to the temperature difference very little, and it is appeared that the tensile difference due to salt stress permeation by the types of glass fiber has a difference.