Quantifying voids effecting delamination in carbon/epoxy composites: static and fatigue fracture behavior

I. Hakim; D. May; M. Abo Ras; N. Meyendorf; S. Donaldson

doi:10.1117/12.2222032

17 May 2016 Quantifying voids effecting delamination in carbon/epoxy composites: static and fatigue fracture behavior

I. Hakim, D. May, M. Abo Ras, N. Meyendorf, S. Donaldson

Proceedings Volume 9806, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2016; 98060H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2222032
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

On the present work, samples of carbon fiber/epoxy composites with different void levels were fabricated using hand layup vacuum bagging process by varying the pressure. Thermal nondestructive methods: thermal conductivity measurement, pulse thermography, pulse phase thermography and lock-in-thermography, and mechanical testing: modes I and II interlaminar fracture toughness were conducted. Comparing the parameters resulted from the thermal nondestructive testing revealed that voids lead to reductions in thermal properties in all directions of composites. The results of mode I and mode II interlaminar fracture toughness showed that voids lead to reductions in interlaminar fracture toughness. The parameters resulted from thermal nondestructive testing were correlated to the results of mode I and mode II interlaminar fracture toughness and voids were quantified.

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I. Hakim, D. May, M. Abo Ras, N. Meyendorf, and S. Donaldson "Quantifying voids effecting delamination in carbon/epoxy composites: static and fatigue fracture behavior", Proc. SPIE 9806, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2016, 98060H (17 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2222032

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