Detecting Impact Damage in Carbon Fabric/epoxy-matrix Composites by Ultrasonic F-scan and Electrical Resistance Measurement

The status and the variation of electrical resistance of impacted carbon fiber/epoxy-matrix composites were studied by ultrasonic F-scan and electrical resistance measurement The experimental results shows that impact damage energy threshold value of carbon fabric/epoxy-matrix composites can determine by using ultrasonic F-scan. When the impact energy exceeds the threshold value, damage is generated in composites. Electrical resistance of impacted composites is changed owing to the contact of each carbon fiber unit in composites, which cause a change of the series-parallel in conductors. The veracity of detecting impact damage in composites can be improved in this case.

Evaluation of Impact Damage Tolerance in Carbon Fabric/epoxy-matrix Composites by Electrical Resistance Measurement

Impact damage tolerance is provided in intensity design on composites. The compression intensity of impacted composites requires more than 60% of its original intensity. The influence of impact on compressive intensity and electrical resistance of carbon fabric/epoxy-matrix composites was studied in this paper. The experimental results shows that impact can cause damage in composites, degenerate compressive intensity, and increase resistance. The electrical resistance change rate was used as an evaluation indicator of impact damage tolerance of composites. Impact damage, which results from the applying process of composites, can be identified in time by electrical resistance measurement. So, the safety performance of composites can also be improved.

Effect of Aramid/Carbon Hybrid on the Tensile Properties of Multilayered Biaxial Weft Knitted Fabric Reinforced Composites

The effects of aramid/carbon on tensile properties of multilayered biaxial weft knitted( MBWK) fabric reinforced composites are analyzed by experiments. The tensile tests are inducted by the SHIMADZU AG-250 KNE universal material testing machine and Aramis V6 digital image correlation( DIC) technique.More specifically,the composite samples own four hybrid ratios(Na∶ Nc= 12∶ 0,8 ∶ 4,6 ∶ 6 and 4 ∶ 8). The results showed that the aramid/carbon hybrid MBWK fabric reinforced composites showed nearly linear response until reaching the maximum load and the inserting yarns distribution on the surface of MBWK fabrics reinforced composites had a great influence on the strain pattern distribution. Besides,the tensile strength,the tensile modulus and the elongation at breakage of 0° samples and 90° samples increased with the decreasing of aramid/carbon hybrid ratio. In a word,the changes of tensile strength, tensile modulus and elongation at breakage have a lot to do with the difference of aramid/carbon hybrid ratio.

On the liquid-phase technology of carbon fiber/aluminum matrix composites

The main problems with the liquid-phase technology of carbon fiber/aluminum matrix composites include poor wetting of the fiber with liquid aluminum and formation of aluminum carbide on the fibers’surface.This paper aims to solve these problems.The theoretical and experimental dependence of porosity on the applied pressure were determined.The possibility of obtaining a carbon fiber/aluminum matrix composite wire with a strength value of about 1500 MPa was shown.The correlation among the strength of the carbon fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composite,the fracture surface,and the degradation of the carbon fiber surface was discussed.

The Reinforcing Effect of Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon-Epoxy Composites

Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) are novel nanofillers holding attractive characteristics, including vigorous compatibility with majority polymers, outstanding mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. In this study, the outstanding GNPs filler was reinforced to the epoxy matrix and carbon fabric/epoxy hybrid composite slabs to enrich their mechanical properties. Graphene nanoplatelets of 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 weight percentages were integrated into the epoxy and the physico-mechanical (microstructure, density, tensile, flexural and impact strength) properties were investigated. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of unfilled and 1 wt% GNPs filled carbon fabric/epoxy hybrid composite slabs were investigated. Subsequently, noteworthy improvement in the mechanical properties was conquered for the carbon fabric/epoxy hybrid composites.

Effects of jute fibre content on the mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of the composites in structural applications

Due to notable characteristics,sustainability concept and environmental issues,hybridisation natural with synthetic fibres to fabricate composites have been rapidly gaining market share in different applications(structural,military,aerospace and automotive vehicles).Compression,tension and fatigue tests of various stacking sequences of plain jute/carbon reinforced(PVB)polyvinyl butyral by hot hydraulic press technique were experimentally conducted.Six types of fabricated composites with various constituents(jute,carbon and their hybrids)were fabricated and tested.Notably,fatigue lifetime of hybrids increases with increasing the carbon content relative to the jute fibre content.On the other hand,Jute composites possess high strain compared to pure carbon composite,which gives an overall improvement in mechanical behaviours.Interestingly,H1 hybrid with Carbon/Jute/Carbon sequences offers similar fatigue stiffness behaviour of H3 hybrid with Carbon/Jute/Carbon/Jute sequences when subjected to cyclic loading.Carbon composite(C)exhibited the highest fatigue resistance,whiles jute composite(J)possessed the highest strain and semi brittle trends in both mechanical and fatigue performance.Results concluded that plain jute fibres could partially replace high-cost synthetic carbon fibres to produce more eco-friendly hybrids to be utilised in different composites industries.

Effect of Degree of Cure on Sandwich Structural Capacitor Using Ion-Conductive Polymer with Carbon Fabric Skins

Structural capacitors are composite structures that function as energy storage capacitors. An electric double-layer capacitor with a composite structure using a solid polymer electrolyte matrix with a glass fiber fabric separator has recently been developed. In the present study, new foam core sandwich structure is adopted and the effect of the degree of cure is experimentally investigated. Carbon fiber fabric cloth is used as electrodes, and the polystyrene foam core is used as separator. Material system of Poly Ethylene Glycol DiGlycidyl Ether (PEGDGE) with Lithium bisTriFluoromethane Sulfonyl Imide (LiTFSI) and hardener of TriEthylene TetrAmine (TETA) is adopted as ion-conductive polymer matrix. The effect of the cure degree is experimentally investigated by using 100% cure degree, 70% cure degree and 0% cure degree specimens. As a result, the polystyrene foam-core sandwich system is proved to be effective, but the capacitance is not enough because of the lack of surface area of the carbon fiber electrodes. As the remained TETA impedes the movement of Li+ cation in the solid polymer by means of the segment-motion-assisted diffusion process, the low degree of cure causes small capacitance with this material system.

Supercapacitor Consisting of a Form Core Sandwich with Woven Carbon Fiber Skin

Structural capacitors are composite structures that function as energy storage capacitors. Parallel plate-type capacitors have the advantage of high voltage resistance, but are limited by low capacitance. An electric double-layer capacitor with a composite structure using a solid polymer electrolyte matrix with a glass fiber fabric separator has recently been developed. However, the solid polymer electrolyte caused the capacitor to possess high internal resistance. In the present study, a new design of supercapacitor using a form core sandwich with high water retention is proposed and experimentally investigated. Activated carbon sheets are used as electrodes on the form core sandwich to make a supercapacitor. Woven carbon fabric is used as lead wires of the supercapacitor. The resulting supercapacitor displays a low surface resistance of 810 Ωcm2 and high areal capacitance of 520 mF/cm2.

可控ZnO阵列改性碳织物复合材料的制备及摩擦学性能研究

碳纤维表面光滑且具有惰性,削弱了其与树脂的界面黏结,进而限制了碳织物/树脂复合材料的应用前景。基于界面工程技术,采用预埋晶种层的方式诱导ZnO微纳米阵列在碳纤维表面均匀生长,并通过改变晶种层溶度优化ZnO阵列的形貌和分布,以强化纤维/基体的界面,从而提升复合材料的力学强度和摩擦学性能。结果表明:通过对纤维表面形貌分析,晶种层浓度对ZnO微纳米阵列形貌和分布有较大的影响;当浓度为15mmol/L时,均匀且细化的ZnO阵列生长在碳纤维表面,使纤维的表面能大幅度提高,促进了树脂充分浸润,提高了力学强度;与原始复合材料相比,改性复合材料的磨损率降低了约35%,表明ZnO阵列的引入能够明显提高复合材料的耐磨性。

“无机粒子-无纺布”协同改性碳纤维复合材料及其增韧机理

针对碳纤维复合材料层间性能较差、易发生分层损伤的问题,提出一种采用SiC粒子和热塑性共聚酰胺(PA)无纺布对碳纤维/环氧树脂基复合材料(CFRP)进行增韧改性的技术,在层间构筑一种“无机颗粒/热塑性纤维/树脂基体”多组分多尺度增韧相体系,对比分析改性前后复合材料的Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型层间断裂韧性和耐热性,借助扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和动态热机械分析仪揭示其增韧和耐热性机制。结果表明,与未改性的CFRP材料相比,当SiC填充量(质量分数)为1%、PA无纺布面密度为25 g/m2时,改性CFRP材料Ⅰ型层间断裂韧性(GⅠC)和Ⅱ型层间断裂韧性(GⅡC)分别提高了52.7%和222.6%。无机粒子的阻滞效应、纤维的桥连效应和基体树脂的塑性变形是其主要增韧机制。

机织角联锁变密度复合材料的面外压缩力学特性

为研究变密度结构设计对三维机织角联锁复合材料面外力学性能的影响,设计制备了三维机织角联锁不变密度复合材料、三维机织角联锁经纱变密度复合材料和三维机织角联锁纬纱变密度复合材料。结合扫描电子显微镜、数字图像相关技术和X射线计算机断层扫描等检测技术,对角联锁变密度复合材料的面外压缩力学行为、内部损伤量化和渐进损伤等进行了测试与表征。研究结果表明:上疏下密角联锁纬纱变密度复合材料展现出优异的压缩性能,其压缩比强度比不变密度复合材料高3.40%;同时,上疏下密角联锁纬纱变密度复合材料损伤体积仅为11.64 mm 3,远低于不变密度复合材料的26.90 mm 3。进一步分析得到,不变密度复合材料压缩破坏以剪切失效为主,而上疏下密角联锁纬纱变密度复合材料则为基体开裂。

Carbon Materials Reinforced Aluminum Composites:A Review

Carbon materials, including carbon fibers, graphite, diamond, carbon foams, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, are attractive reinforcements for aluminum matrix composites due to their excellent mechanical and/or physical properties as well as light weight. Carbon materials reinforced aluminum （C/Al） composites are promising materials in many areas such as aerospace, thermal management, and automobile. However, there are still some challenging problems that need to be resolved, such as interfacial reactions, low wettability, and anisotropic properties. These problems have limited the use of these composites. This review mainly focuses on the categories, fabrication processes, existing problems and solutions, coatings and interfaces, challenges and opportunities of C/Al composites so as to provide a useful reference for future research.

基于VARTM的碳纤维单向与三维编织混杂织物树脂灌注工艺

为探究碳纤维单向与三维编织混杂增强环氧树脂基复合材料地铁转向架侧梁的树脂灌注成型工艺,首先基于渗透率理论模型采用非饱和径向流法分别测试得到碳纤维单向与三维编织织物的渗透率。通过数值模拟的方法对典型复合材料方形管结构进行缩比建模与网格划分,并利用PAM-RTM软件对树脂灌注成型过程进行仿真分析,预测了制备复合材料方管所需的灌注时间、灌注压力以及树脂流动过程缺陷的产生。最后根据模拟的灌注方案通过真空辅助树脂传递模塑(VARTM)成型工艺制备了碳纤维单向和三维编织混杂织物增强环氧树脂复合材料方管结构件。结果表明,通过PAM-RTM模拟VARTM工艺制备复合材料方管时树脂的流动,预测得到灌注时间为3897 s,VARTM工艺实际制备复合材料方管的灌注时间为4052 s,误差约为3.8%,在合理误差范围内。方管内部灌注压力随着与注胶口距离的增加而逐渐减小。模拟与实验的误差可能是由于实际铺层和灌注过程中树脂流动引起织物的剪切变形以及真空度的差异导致渗透性能产生变化。仿真模拟和实际制备复合材料方管均无明显缺陷产生,证明径向法织物渗透率的理论模型计算测试和仿真结果具有可靠性。

Self-lubricating bidirectional carbon fiber reinforced smart aluminum composites by squeeze infiltration process

Self-lubrication is one of the smart material properties required for producing components with enhanced wear resistance and low coefficient of friction.Bidirectional(BD)satin weave polyacrylonitrile(PAN)based carbon fiber(Cf)fabric preform was successfully infiltrated with Al 6061 alloy by squeeze infiltration process.The infiltrated composite shows uniform distribution of carbon fibers in the matrix with the elimination of porosities,fiber damage and close control on the formation of deleterious aluminum carbide(Al4C3)phase.Cf/Al composite exhibits remarkable wear resistance compared to unreinforced alloy due to the formation of self-lubricating tribolayer on the pin surface,which intercepts the contact of matrix metal to counter surface.The BD carbon fiber enhanced the hardness and compressive strength of the composite by restraining the plastic flow behavior of matrix.High resolution transmission electron microscopy shows the presence of Al2O3 and MgAl2O4 spinel,confirmed by EDS and SAD pattern,at the composite interface.The composite shows a lower density of 2.16 g/cm^3 which is a major ad vantage for weight reduction compared to the monolithic alloy(2.7 g/cm^3).

碳纤维铝基复合材料制备及合金化研究现状

碳纤维铝基复合材料具有优异的抗拉性能、耐磨性和抗疲劳性能等特点,广泛应用于飞行器、军工用品、汽车等领域。针对目前碳纤维铝基复合材料制备成形困难和界面结合性能差等问题,本文论述了近年来国内外各种碳纤维铝基复合材料制备工艺,分析了各种制备工艺的特点,总结了基体合金化对界面反应和润湿性的影响。同时,对碳纤维铝基复合材料的未来发展进行了展望。

船用碳纤维夹芯复合材料防火隔热结构设计与验证

根据多晶莫来石纤维、金属碰钉和碳纤维双轴向织物的材料特性,进行船用碳纤维夹芯复合材料防火隔热结构设计。在完成材料选择和试样制备后,对设计的船用碳纤维夹芯复合材料防火隔热结构进行耐火试验验证。试验结果表明,试样的完整性和隔热性均合格。

SiO_(2)/聚乙二醇200/碳纳米管剪切增稠液浸渍芳纶织物及其复合材料防刺性能

为优化高性能织物的防刺性能,采用SiO 2和不同长径比的多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)制备多相剪切增稠液(MSTFs),研究MWCNTs的长径比与添加量对剪切增稠液流变性能的影响及MSTFs芳纶复合织物的防刺性能。之后将MSTFs复合织物与碳化硅/聚氨酯(SiC/TPU)涂层织物叠层制备双层防刺复合材料,探究叠层顺序对层合复合材料抗穿刺性能的影响。结果得出:长径比较大的碳纳米管对提高剪切增稠液(STF)的增稠效果更优;随着碳纳米管含量的增加,剪切增稠效果逐渐增强。实验结果表明:MSTFs(0.4%MWCNTs-A)浸渍芳纶织物的最大穿刺载荷较纯STF浸渍芳纶织物提高154.33%;不同叠层结构中以剪切增稠液浸渍织物为面层、SiC/TPU涂层织物为背层的双层复合织物表现出更优的防刺性能。

On-Chip Fabrication of Carbon Nanoparticle–Chitosan Composite Membrane

The on-chip fabrication of a carbon nanoparticle-chitosan composite membrane （i.e. a sorbent membrane or a mixed matrix membrane） using laminar flow-based interfacial deprotonation technology was presented in this paper. In addition, the effects of carbon nanoparticles and reactant flow rates on membrane formation were investigated. Finally, the permeability and adsorption capacities of the membrane were discussed. During fabrication, an acidic chitosan solution and a basic buffer solution that contained carbon nanoparticles were introduced into a microchannel. At the flow interface, a freestanding composite membrane with embedded carbon nanoparticles was formed due to the deprotonation of the chitosan molecules. The membrane growth gradually stopped with time from upstream to downstream and the thickness of the membrane increased rapidly and then slowly along the reactant flow direction. The formation of the membrane was divided into two stages. The average growth rate in the first stage was significantly larger than the average growth rate in the second stage. Carbon nanoparticles in the basic solution acted as nucleating agents and made the membrane formation much easier. As the flow rate of the chitosan solution increased, the averaged membrane thickness and the membrane hydraulic permeability initially increased and then decreased. Because of the addition of carbon nanoparticles, the formed membrane had adsorption abilities. The carbon nanoparticle-chitosan composite membrane that was fabricated in this study could be employed for simultaneous adsorption and dialysis in microdevices in the future.

等离子处理碳纤维织物复合材料的摩擦学性能

将碳纤维织物浸渍-涂层酚醛-缩醛粘结剂树脂,加压固化后制备出碳纤维织物复合材料.分析了摩擦磨损表面和经等离子体处理后碳纤维织物化学组成的变化,研究了摩擦磨损性能、拉伸性能和粘结性能.结果表明,碳纤维织物的磨损分为严重磨损和稳定磨损两个阶段,其中严重磨损阶段的磨损量占了总磨损量的87%.经过等离子体处理后,在碳纤维织物的表面产生了许多活性基团如羰基、羧基、酯基,表面活性元素的含量明显增多;碳纤维织物的浸润性增大,提高了其与粘结剂的结合强度和结合量,增强了织物纤维束间的结合力;固化后与粘结剂构成很好的整体材料,增强了纤维束抗变形和抗断裂能力,使载荷和摩擦力可以平均的分配在纤维上,避免应力集中,从而提高了碳纤维织物复合材料的摩擦学性能和力学性能.

碳纤维织物的特点及应用

探讨碳纤维织物的特点及应用。介绍了碳纤维的概念及概况;阐述了碳纤维的种类及应用,按照碳纤维织物中纱线的取向,将碳纤维织物分为3种,其中单向织物质量轻、耐久性好,多用于建筑柱、桥工程等;双向织物分为双向机织物和双向针织物;多轴向织物拉伸性能和抗撕裂性能良好,设计灵活,可应用于航空航天、体育器材、建筑、医疗、风力发动机叶片等工业领域。认为:目前国际市场的碳纤维应用形式已逐渐向碳纤维轴向经编织物转变;世界碳纤维需求量逐年剧增,但核心技术仍被少数发达国家掌握。