Interlaminar Shear and Electrical Resistance Responses of Woven-Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Composite Laminates at Cryogenic Temperatures From Cyclic Short Beam Shear Tests

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 20130082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhide Shindo ◽  
Tomo Takeda ◽  
Fumio Narita ◽  
Tatsuya Fukuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Resistance ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Cryogenic Temperatures ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Short Beam ◽  
Beam Shear ◽  
Interlaminar Shear

Exploration relation between interlaminar shear properties of thin-ply laminates under short-beam bending and meso-structures

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (17) ◽  
pp. 2375-2386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunfang Huang ◽  
Mingchang He ◽  
Yonglyu He ◽  
Jiayu Xiao ◽  
Jiangwei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Interlaminar Shear Strength ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Short Beam ◽  
Beam Bending ◽  
Interlaminar Shear

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite laminates with standard thickness plies (0.125 mm) usually have weak interlaminar shear strength, meanwhile, for thin-thickness laminate structures such as aircraft wing skin, it is difficult to design a balanced laminate with the standard plies. It is a possible way to improve the interlaminar shear performance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates and enlarge the design space of the thin-thickness structures by using thin-plies technology. In this paper, the interlaminar shear strength of carbon fiber/epoxy laminates with thin prepreg thickness subjected to short-beam bending is investigated. Unidirectional, cross-ply and quasi-isotropic laminate specimens were prepared by using prepregs with different ply thicknesses. Results show that, with decreasing of the ply thickness, higher interlaminar shear strength and smaller coefficient of variation of the data are obtained. Compared to laminates made by standard thickness prepreg, the laminates with thin-thickness prepreg exhibit more homogeneous microstructures and more regularly interlaminar shear stress distribution. This indicates that inherent anisotropy of the laminate composites is weakened in the thin-ply laminates and show pseudo-isotropic behavior. Especially in the case of ply thickness less than 0.020 mm, the interlaminar shear stress distributions of the cross-ply and quasi-isotropic laminate are almost the same with that of isotropic materials according to the classic laminate theory. On the other hand, as expected, the design space of the thin-thickness laminate structures will be increased since more ply number are allowed and superior interlaminar properties can be obtained due to the pseudo-isotropic behavior of the thin plies.

Damage detection in carbon fiber–reinforced polymer composite via electrical resistance tomography with Gaussian anisotropic regularization

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1698-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Cagáň ◽  
Jaroslav Pelant ◽  
Martin Kyncl ◽  
Martin Kadlec ◽  
Lenka Michalcová
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Electrical Resistance ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

Electrical resistance tomography is a method for sensing the spatial distribution of electrical conductivity. Therefore, this type of tomography is suitable for sensing damages, which affect electrical conductivity. The utilization of resistance tomography for the structural health monitoring of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer composites is questionable owing to its low spatial resolution and the strong anisotropy of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer composites. This article deals with the employment of resistance tomography with regularization based on a Gaussian anisotropic smoothing filter for the detection of cuts. The advantages of the filter are shown through the image reconstruction of rectangular composite specimens with three different laminate stacking sequences. The cuts are implemented by a milled groove. Visual comparison of the images shows a substantial improvement in the shape reconstruction ability. In addition to visual comparison, the image reconstructions are assessed in terms of the reconstruction error and cross-correlation.

scholarly journals Effect of Graphene Additive on Flexural and Interlaminar Shear Strength Properties of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ali Charfi ◽  
Ronan Mathieu ◽  
Jean-François Chatelain ◽  
Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon ◽  
Gilbert Lebrun
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Interlaminar Shear Strength ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Adhesion Properties ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Interlaminar Shear

Composite materials are widely used in various manufacturing fields from aeronautic and aerospace industries to the automotive industry. This is due to their outstanding mechanical properties with respect to their light weight. However, some studies showed that the major flaws of these materials are located at the fiber/matrix interface. Therefore, enhancing matrix adhesion properties could significantly improve the overall material characteristics. This study aims to analyze the effect of graphene particles on the adhesion properties of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) through interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and flexural testing. Seven modified epoxy resins were prepared with different graphene contents. The CFRP laminates were next manufactured using a method that guarantees a repeatable and consistent fiber volume fraction with a low porosity level. Short beam shear and flexural tests were performed to compare the effect of graphene on the mechanical properties of the different laminates. It was found that 0.25 wt.% of graphene filler enhanced the flexural strength by 5%, whilst the higher concentrations (2 and 3 wt.%) decreased the flexural strength by about 7%. Regarding the ILSS, samples with low concentrations (0.25 and 0.5 wt.%) demonstrated a decent increase. Meanwhile, 3 wt.% slightly decreases the ILSS.

scholarly journals Tuning the through-thickness orientation of 1D nanocarbons to enhance the electrical conductivity and ILSS of hierarchical CFRP composites

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 453-465
Author(s):  
Yonglyu He ◽  
Su Ju ◽  
Ke Duan ◽  
Jun Tang ◽  
Shuxin Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Interlaminar Shear Strength ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Infusion Time ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Cfrp Composites ◽  
Interlaminar Shear ◽  
Tuning Strategy ◽  
Hierarchical Carbon

Abstract In this article, we proposed a novel but simple multilayer resin film infusion-compressive molding (MLRFI-CM) manufacturing process that can harness the resin shear flow to architect hierarchical carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with tunable 1D nanocarbons orientation. Via this novel process, we demonstrated that the orientation of two typical 1D nanocarbons, namely, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs), can be successfully tuned via altering the infusion time and that the tuning strategy is especially effective toward CNTs. Further, the structure-performance relationships between the electrical conductivity/interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and filler through-thickness orientation of the hierarchical CFRP composites is explored and compared. In the best case, with only 0.3 wt% of CNTs, the ILSS of CFRP composites revealed an increase of 19.7%, and the through-thickness conductivity demonstrated an increase of 38%.

Experimental study on the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer–steel interfaces based on carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer delamination failures and hybrid failures

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2247-2260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Yang Pang ◽  
Gang Wu ◽  
Zhi-Long Su ◽  
Xiao-Yuan He
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Failure Mode ◽  
Interlaminar Shear Strength ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Interlaminar Shear

The failure mode is crucial to the interfacial bond performance between carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plates and steel substrates. Existing studies mainly focused on the cohesive failures in the adhesive; however, research on other types of failure modes is still limited. In this article, a series of single-shear bonded joints are prepared to investigate the bond behaviors of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer–steel interfaces based on carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer delamination failures and hybrid failures. Three kinds of adhesives—which have different tensile strengths and elastic moduli—and two kinds of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plates—which have different interlaminar shear strengths—are used to evaluate the influencing factors of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer–steel interfaces. The three-dimensional digital image correlation technique is applied to measure the strain and the displacement on the surface of each specimen. The obtained test results include the strain distribution, the ultimate load, the failure mode, the load–slip curves, and the bond–slip relationships. For the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer delamination mode, the results show that the load at the debonding stage is closely related to the interlaminar shear strength of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plate, and the higher the interlaminar shear strength is, the greater the load. However, for the hybrid mode, the load of the whole test process is independent of the interlaminar shear strength of the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plate.

Stationary Shoulder Friction Stir Assisted Scribe Technique for Dissimilar Joining

2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hrishikesh Das ◽  
Piyush Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fast Process ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Dissimilar Joints ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Stationary Shoulder ◽  
Lap Shear ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Steel Joints

Abstract We report on implementation of a stationary shoulder in dissimilar joints of Al-steel and Al-carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) using friction stir assisted scribe technology (FaST). Viable joint strength similar to the conventional FaST process was demonstrated in Al-Steel. A significant improvement in as-welded surface roughness for both Al-steel and Al-CFRP cases was also achieved. Interrupted lap shear tests performed on Al-steel joints and a corresponding computational model indicate the joint failure typically occurs in Al sheet via a crack that originates at the steel hook tip on the loading side. A similar fracture path was observed in an Al-CFRP joint.

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