Aligned discontinuous carbon fibre tows in hybrid composites and their tensile behaviour: an experimental study
Aligned discontinuous carbon fibre tows in hybrid composites and their tensile behaviour: an experimental study
The paper aims to explore potential higher value applications of discontinuous carbon fibre tows. A vibration-assisted dry alignment method is presented to align the discontinuous fibre tows between conventional dry reinforcement mats/fabrics to fabricate cost-effective hybrid composites. Its viability is demonstrated by successful fabrication of two hybrid composite panels, where thin layers of aligned 12 mm discontinuous carbon fibre tows were deposited between E-glass chopped strand mats or woven fabrics respectively, via an out-of-autoclave resin infusion process; 54% and 81% of the fibre tows were aligned in the range of ±5° and ±10°, respectively. The tensile test results clearly demonstrate the importance of having the discontinuous fibre tows highly aligned in the hybrid composites, which shows increased stiffness (up to 24.4%) and strength (up to 59.9%) over the non-aligned hybrid composites. The aligned hybrid composites also exhibit a non-linear pseudo-ductile response due to subcritical progressive damage compared to the catastrophic brittle failure of the baseline non-hybrid E-glass and non-aligned hybrid composites, despite the tensile strength knockdown (up to −40.3%) due to premature inter-tow debonding. They also display increased stiffness up to 90%.
Discontinuous reinforcement, fibre tow alignment, hybrid composites, mechanical testing
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Gan, Khong Wui
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Ho, You Wei
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Ow, Zheng Yang
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Israr, Haris Ahmad
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Wong, King Jye
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Gan, Khong Wui
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Ho, You Wei
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Ow, Zheng Yang
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Israr, Haris Ahmad
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Wong, King Jye
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Gan, Khong Wui, Ho, You Wei, Ow, Zheng Yang, Israr, Haris Ahmad and Wong, King Jye
(2019)
Aligned discontinuous carbon fibre tows in hybrid composites and their tensile behaviour: an experimental study.
Journal of Composite Materials, .
(doi:10.1177/0021998319849697).
Abstract
The paper aims to explore potential higher value applications of discontinuous carbon fibre tows. A vibration-assisted dry alignment method is presented to align the discontinuous fibre tows between conventional dry reinforcement mats/fabrics to fabricate cost-effective hybrid composites. Its viability is demonstrated by successful fabrication of two hybrid composite panels, where thin layers of aligned 12 mm discontinuous carbon fibre tows were deposited between E-glass chopped strand mats or woven fabrics respectively, via an out-of-autoclave resin infusion process; 54% and 81% of the fibre tows were aligned in the range of ±5° and ±10°, respectively. The tensile test results clearly demonstrate the importance of having the discontinuous fibre tows highly aligned in the hybrid composites, which shows increased stiffness (up to 24.4%) and strength (up to 59.9%) over the non-aligned hybrid composites. The aligned hybrid composites also exhibit a non-linear pseudo-ductile response due to subcritical progressive damage compared to the catastrophic brittle failure of the baseline non-hybrid E-glass and non-aligned hybrid composites, despite the tensile strength knockdown (up to −40.3%) due to premature inter-tow debonding. They also display increased stiffness up to 90%.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 12 May 2019
Keywords:
Discontinuous reinforcement, fibre tow alignment, hybrid composites, mechanical testing
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433263
ISSN: 0021-9983
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