In-plane and through-thickness properties, failure modes, damage and delamination in 3D woven carbon fibre composites subjected to impact loading

2012 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gerlach ◽  
Clive R. Siviour ◽  
Jens Wiegand ◽  
Nik Petrinic
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Impact Loading ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Carbon Fibre Composites

scholarly journals Dynamic damage in carbon-fibre composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 374 (2071) ◽  
pp. 20160018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Bourne ◽  
S. Parry ◽  
D. Townsend ◽  
P. J. Withers ◽  
C. Soutis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Compression Phase ◽  
Impact Surface ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Carbon Fibre Composites

The Taylor test is used to determine damage evolution in carbon-fibre composites across a range of strain rates. The hierarchy of damage across the scales is key in determining the suite of operating mechanisms and high-speed diagnostics are used to determine states during dynamic loading. Experiments record the test response as a function of the orientation of the cylinder cut from the engineered multi-ply composite with high-speed photography and post-mortem target examination. The ensuing damage occurs during the shock compression phase but three other tensile loading modes operate during the test and these are explored. Experiment has shown that ply orientations respond to two components of release; longitudinal and radial as well as the hoop stresses generated in inelastic flow at the impact surface. The test is a discriminant not only of damage thresholds but of local failure modes and their kinetics. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Multiscale modelling of the structural integrity of composite materials’.

Hybrid silica micro and PDDA/nanoparticles-reinforced carbon fibre composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 783-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlio C Santos ◽  
Luciano MG Vieira ◽  
Túlio H Panzera ◽  
André L Christoforo ◽  
Marco A Schiavon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Fibre Composite ◽  
Flexural Modulus ◽  
Specific Chemical ◽  
Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Carbon Fibre Composites ◽  
Hybrid Carbon

The work describes the manufacturing and testing of novel hybrid epoxy/carbon fibre composites with silica micro and poly-diallyldimethylammonium chloride-functionalised nanoparticles. A specific chemical dispersion procedure was applied using the poly-diallyldimethylammonium chloride to avoid clustering of the silica nanoparticles. The influence of the various manufacturing parameters, particles loading, and mechanical properties of the different phases has been investigated with a rigorous Design of Experiment technique based on a full factorial design (2131). Poly-diallyldimethylammonium chloride-functionalised silica nanoparticles were able to provide a homogenous dispersion, with a decrease of the apparent density and enhancement of the mechanical properties in the hybrid carbon fibre composites. Compared to undispersed carbon fibre composite laminates, the use of 2 wt% functionalised nanoparticles permitted to increase the flexural modulus by 47% and the flexural strength by 15%. The hybrid carbon fibre composites showed also an increase of the tensile modulus (9%) and tensile strength (5.6%).

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