Delamination toughening of carbon fiber/epoxy laminates by hierarchical carbon nanotube-short carbon fiber interleaves

Helezi Zhou; Xusheng Du; Hong Yuan Liu; Huamin Zhou; Yun Zhang; Yiu Wing Mai

doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.12.018

Delamination toughening of carbon fiber/epoxy laminates by hierarchical carbon nanotube-short carbon fiber interleaves

Helezi Zhou, Xusheng Du, Hong Yuan Liu, Huamin Zhou, Yun Zhang, Yiu Wing Mai

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Abstract

In this study, hierarchical short carbon fibers (SCFs) synthesized with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were used as CNT-SCF interleaves to increase the mode I delamination fracture energy G_IC of carbon fiber/epoxy (CF/EP) composite laminates. Even at a relatively low CNT-SCF areal density, 1.0 mg/cm², G_IC (1.17 kJ/m²) was increased by 125% compared to the control laminates (0.52 kJ/m²), which is a very high value compared to those results obtained by other interleaving methods in CF/EP laminates. The toughening effects of SCFs in bulk epoxy and interleaved CF/EP laminates were also studied to better understand the failure mechanisms of the hierarchical CNT-SCF structure. SEM observations revealed synergistic toughening mechanisms in these CNT-SCF interleaved CF/EP laminates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	46-53
Number of pages	8
Journal	Composites Science and Technology
Volume	140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.12.018
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon fibers
Carbon nanotubes
Delamination
Fracture toughness
Interface
Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)

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Ceramics and Composites
General Engineering

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