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5.5 Analysis of Results<br />

5.5.1 The test result of Experiment 1 (Thermal output)<br />

Since the rect<strong>an</strong>gular strain gauge rosette (three elements) was used in this<br />

experiment, the thermal strain reading for each element was taken three times on a<br />

different day. Each test was performed up to 30 minutes <strong>an</strong>d the second element of the<br />

rect<strong>an</strong>gular strain gauge rosettes that was installed perpendicular to the fibre direction<br />

showed the highest thermal strain value compared to the other two elements.<br />

Apparently, all the thermal strains from each of these elements show exponential<br />

increments, as shown in Figure 5.6, <strong>an</strong>d they all tend to remain const<strong>an</strong>t after 10<br />

minutes as the temperature was held const<strong>an</strong>t at 60°C.<br />

(Microstrain )<br />

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350<br />

300<br />

250<br />

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150<br />

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Figure 5.6: Self Temperature Compensation (S-T-C) graph of the individual<br />

element within 30 minutes<br />

However, only a small time r<strong>an</strong>ge (approximately around four minutes) was<br />

chosen in this <strong>an</strong>alysis because the composite had already reached the expected<br />

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E2<br />

E3<br />

E1<br />

Time (minute)

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