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| Baral, N; Guezenoc, H; Davies, Peter; Baley, C. |
| This paper presents test results from mode I interlaminar fracture and transverse tensile tests on unidirectional carbon/epoxy composites used in racing yacht construction. Fibre modulus has been varied from 380 to 640 GPa. PAN fibre reinforced composite properties, delamination resistance (G(Ie) and G(Ip)) and transverse strain to failure, decrease as fibre modulus increases. Composites based on the highest modulus pitch fibres show higher transverse failure strains than the highest modulus PAN fibre composites. A distinct failure mechanism, crack propagation within the fibres, was observed for the pitch based reinforcement. The transverse tensile tests allowed transverse fibre modulus to be estimated as 11.5 GPa for the PAN and 9 GPa for the pitch... |
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Palavras-chave: Carbon fibre; Fracture; Deformation; Delamination; Composite materials. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3723.pdf |
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| Baley, C; Perrot, Yves; Busnel, F; Guezenoc, H; Davies, Peter. |
| Flax provides a renewable source of fibres with good mechanical properties, which justifies its use as a reinforcement for polymers. Composite materials made with flax which has only undergone mechanical treatments (stripping followed by combing) results in the presence of bundles of fibres. When a unidirectional flax/polyester ply is loaded in transverse tension the damage mechanisms are complex; cracks develop in the matrix, and at the fibre/matrix interface, but they also appear within the fibres themselves and in the lamellae within the fibre bundles. This emphasises the highly anisotropic nature of these flax fibres, whose average longitudinal Young's modulus is 59 GPa and whose transverse modulus is estimated here to be 8 GPa. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V.... |
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Palavras-chave: Unidirectional; Transverse tensile; Polyester; Glass; Flax; Composite materials. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-6362.pdf |
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