Carbon Fiber Composites Based on Multi-Phase Epoxy/PES Matrices with Carbon Nanotubes: Morphology and Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Characterization

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 2040-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nakul Prasad ◽  
Carmen Tola ◽  
Magali Coulaud ◽  
Michael Claes ◽  
Stepan V. Lomov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composites ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composites ◽  
Interlaminar Fracture Toughness ◽  
Interlaminar Fracture ◽  
Multi Phase

Interlaminar fracture toughness and electromagnetic interference shielding of hybrid-stitched carbon fiber composites

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (18) ◽  
pp. 1131-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisrin R Abdelal ◽  
Steven L Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composites ◽  
Interlaminar Fracture Toughness ◽  
Shielding Effectiveness ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference Shielding ◽  
Interlaminar Fracture

In the current study, the production of multifunctional hybrid-stitched composites with improved interlaminar fracture toughness and electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness is reported. Unidirectional carbon fiber-epoxy composite laminates stitched with Kevlar, nylon, hybrid stitched with both Kevlar and nylon and unstitched were prepared using resin infusion process. Representative specimens from unstitched and stitched composites were tested using rectangular waveguide and Mode I double cantilever beam tests. The Mode I experimental results showed that composite stitched with Kevlar exhibited the highest crack initiation interlaminar fracture toughness (GIC-initiation), whereas composite stitched with nylon exhibited the highest maximum crack propagation interlaminar fracture toughness (GIC-maximum). The four-hybrid stitching patterns exhibited higher GIC-initiation than the unstitched and stitched with nylon composites and lower than stitched with Kevlar composite, whereas they had higher GIC-maximum than the unstitched and stitched with Kevlar composites, although lower than stitched with nylon composite. The electromagnetic shielding effectiveness experimental results showed that stitched composites exhibited improved shielding effectiveness compared to unstitched composites. For example, composite stitched with nylon had highest shielding effectiveness value of 52.17 dB compared by the composite stitched with Kevlar which had 40.6 dB. The four hybrid-stitched composites exhibited similar shielding effectiveness with an average value of 32.75 dB compared to the unstitched composite shielding effectiveness of 22.84 dB. The experimental results comply with the initial goal of this study to manufacture multifunctional hybrid stitching composites with combined properties between Kevlar and nylon-stitched composites.

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