ADHESION BETWEEN HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-MODULUS POLYETHYLENE FIBERS BY USE OF POLYETHYLENE GEL AS AN ADHESIVE

Authors
TAKAGI K FUJIMATSU H USAMI H OGASAWARA S
Citation
K. Takagi et al., ADHESION BETWEEN HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-MODULUS POLYETHYLENE FIBERS BY USE OF POLYETHYLENE GEL AS AN ADHESIVE, Journal of adhesion science and technology, 10(9), 1996, pp. 869-882
Citations number
73
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Material Science",Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of adhesion science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694243
Volume
10
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
869 - 882
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4243(1996)10:9<869:ABHAHP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The use of polyethylene gels to adhere high strength and high modulus polyethylene fibers together has been investigated. It was found that the joint strength obtained using high density polyethylene (HDPE) gel in decalin or tetralin depended on the heating temperature and time o f the gel. When heated at 100 degrees C for 30 min, the gel showed suc h a high joint strength that polyethylene fibers were torn, and this s hould be enough for practical uses. The results of the present study d emonstrate that utilization of the polyethylene gel as an adhesive is an extremely effective method when polyethylene fibers are used in com posite materials.