Water-cooled non-thermal gliding arc for adhesion improvement of glass-fibre-reinforced polyester
2013; Institute of Physics; Volume: 46; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1088/0022-3727/46/13/135203
ISSN1361-6463
AutoresYukihiro Kusano, Bent F. Sørensen, Tom Løgstrup Andersen, Helmuth Langmaack Toftegaard, F. Leipold, M. Salewski, Zhiwei Sun, Jiajian Zhu, Zhongshan Li, Marcus Aldén,
Tópico(s)Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
ResumoA non-equilibrium quenched plasma is prepared using a gliding-arc discharge generated between diverging electrodes and extended by a gas flow. It can be operated at atmospheric pressure and applied to plasma surface treatment to improve adhesion properties of material surfaces. In this work, glass-fibre-reinforced polyester plates were treated using an atmospheric pressure gliding-arc discharge with air flow to improve adhesion with a vinylester adhesive. The electrodes were water-cooled so as to operate the gliding arc continually. The treatment improved wettability and increased the density of oxygen-containing polar functional groups on the surfaces. Double cantilever beam specimens were prepared for fracture mechanic characterization of the laminate adhesive interface. It was found that gliding-arc treatment significantly increases the fracture resistance in comparison with a standard peel-ply treatment.
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