Hybridization with SiC particulates to control the fibre volume fraction and improve the longitudinal tensile strength of carbon fibre-reinforced aluminium composites

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 795-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Cheng ◽  
A. Kitahara ◽  
K. Kobayashi ◽  
B. L. Zhou
2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 949-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izni Syahrizal Ibrahim ◽  
Wan Amizah Wan Jusoh ◽  
Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam ◽  
Nur Ain Mustapa ◽  
Sk Muiz Sk Abdul Razak

This paper discusses the experimental results on the mechanical properties of hybrid fibre reinforced composite concrete (HyFRCC) containing different proportions of steel fibre (SF) and polypropylene fibre (PPF). The mechanical properties include compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength. SF is known to enhance the flexural and tensile strengths, and at the same time is able to resist the formation of macro cracking. Meanwhile, PPF contributes to the tensile strain capacity and compressive strength, and also delay the formation of micro cracks. Hooked-end deformed type SF fibre with 60 mm length and fibrillated virgin type PPF fibre with 19 mm length are used in this study. Meanwhile, the concrete strength is maintained for grade C30. The percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres are varied in the range of 100-0%, 75-25%, 50-50%, 25-75% and 0-100% of which the total fibre volume fraction (Vf) is fixed at 0.5%. The experimental results reveal that the percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres with 75-25% produced the maximum performance of flexural strength, tensile strength and flexural toughness. Meanwhile, the percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres with 100-0% contributes to the improvement of the compressive strength compared to that of plain concrete.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 251522111775115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue El-Hage ◽  
Simon Hind ◽  
François Robitaille

Thermal conductivity data for dry carbon fibre fabrics are required for modelling heat transfer during composites manufacturing processes; however, very few published data are available. This article reports in-plane and through-thickness thermal conductivities measured as a function of fibre volume fraction ( Vf) for non-crimp and twill carbon reinforcement fabrics, three-dimensional weaves and reinforcement stacks assembled with one-sided carbon stitch. Composites made from these reinforcements and glass fibre fabrics are also measured. Clear trends are observed and the effects of Vf, de-bulking and vacuum are quantified along with orthotropy ratios. Limited differences between the conductivity of dry glass and carbon fibre fabrics in the through-thickness direction are reported. An unexpected trend in the relationship between that quantity and Vf is explained summarily through simple simulations.


Aerospace ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Tse ◽  
Xueli Yu ◽  
Hugh Gong ◽  
Constantinos Soutis

Recycling carbon fibre is crucial in the reduction of waste from the increasing use of carbon fibre reinforced composites in industry. The reclaimed fibres, however, are usually short and discontinuous as opposed to the continuous virgin carbon fibre. In this work, short recycled carbon fibres (rCF) were mixed with flax and poly-lactic acid (PLA) fibres acting as the matrix to form nonwoven mats through wet-laying. The mats were compression moulded to produce composites with different ratios of rCF and flax fibre in the PLA matrix. Their flexural behaviour was examined through three-point-bending tests, and their morphological properties were characterised with scanning electron and optical microscopes. Experimental data showed that the flexural properties increased with higher rCF content, with the maximum being a flexural modulus of approximately 14 GPa and flexural strength of 203 MPa with a fibre volume fraction of 75% rCF and 25% flax fibre. The intimate mixing of the fibres contributed to a lesser reduction of flexural properties when increasing the flax fibre content.


1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 096369359700600 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Lee ◽  
W. Hwang

The rule of mixtures was modified based on the concept of effective fibre volume fraction. The degradation parameter of effective fibre volume fraction was proposed in consideration of the microgeometry of composite components. It was shown that the modified rule has good agreement with the experimental strength data and the degradation parameter of effective fibre volume fraction used in this study can be used on general composites.


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 096369350901800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zheng ◽  
Gong Xiong Liao ◽  
Xi Gao Jian

Continuous carbon fibre reinforced Poly (phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) (PPESK) composites were prepared using a solution impregnation process and hot-press molding method. The effects of polymer solution viscosities on fibre impregnation, fibre volume fraction and thereby on mechanical properties of composites were studied. The results show that the fibre impregnation and fibre volume fraction decreased with increasing polymer solution viscosities, and the mechanical properties of composites mainly depended on the fibre volume content.


2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 1925-1944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Furqan Khurshid ◽  
Martin Hengstermann ◽  
Mir Mohammad Badrul Hasan ◽  
Anwar Abdkader ◽  
Chokri Cherif

The aim of this paper is to highlight recent developments in the processing of waste carbon fibre for thermoplastic composites. Initially, injection moulding and nonwoven technologies have been used to integrate waste carbon fibres into fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites. Recently, tape and hybrid yarn spinning technologies have been developed to produce tape and hybrid yarn structures from waste carbon fibre, which are then used to manufacture recycled carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics with much higher efficiency. The hybrid yarn spinning technologies enable the development of various fibrous structures with higher fibre orientation, compactness and fibre volume fraction. Therefore, thermoplastic composites manufactured from hybrid yarns possess a good potential for use in load-bearing structural applications. In this paper, a comprehensive review on novel and existing technologies employed for the processing of waste carbon fibre in addition to different quality aspects of waste carbon fibre is presented.


2013 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 200-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidah Jumahat ◽  
Constantinos Soutis ◽  
Nor Merlisa Ali ◽  
Jamaluddin Mahmud

This paper investigates the effect of nanosilica on the fibre waviness or misalignment angle distribution of carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite unidirectional laminates. The quality of the laminates was evaluated using image analyzer technique. The polished specimens were examined using Polyvar B-met optical microscope and analysed using KSRUN ZEISS software. The effect of 3, 7 and 13 vol.% nanosilica on the fibre misalignment angle distribution was determined. The results showed that, the fabricated laminates have average fibre volume fractionVfof 42%, low fibre waviness distribution (averageφo= 2.5o) and less than 1% void content. This implies that the fabrication technique, which was employed in the current work, successfully produced good quality laminates. The presence of nanosilica results in a narrow fibre angle distribution in the HTS40/828 laminate.


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