Impact behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced epoxy and non-isothermal cyclic butylene terephthalate composites manufactured by vacuum infusion

被引:29
作者
Agirregomezkorta, A. [1 ]
Martinez, A. B. [2 ]
Sanchez-Soto, M. [2 ]
Aretxaga, G. [1 ]
Sarrionandia, M. [1 ]
Aurrekoetxea, J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Dept Mech & Ind Prod, Arrasate Mondragon 20500, Spain
[2] Univ Politecn Cataluna, Dept Ciencia Dels Mat & Eng Met, Ctr Catala Plast, Terrassa 08222, Spain
关键词
Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Impact behaviour; Resin transfer moulding (RTM); Thermoplastic resin; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE; MATRIX; RESIN;
D O I
10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.01.091
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Carbon fibre reinforced cyclic butylene terephthalate (CF-pCBT) composites non-isothermally processed by vacuum infusion starting from a one-component system have been successfully manufactured. Both the micro-structure and low-energy impact properties of the CF-pCBT have been investigated and compared with an epoxy system (CF-epoxy). The CF-pCBT composite presents higher solidification shrinkage than the CF-epoxy one, and its void content doubles that of the CF-epoxy. The CF-epoxy composite's critical delamination threshold energy is slightly higher than that of the CF-pCBT, whereas the CF-pCBT composite absorbs twice as much energy before being penetrated. The lower interlaminar shear strength of the CF-pCBT composite is suggested to be the origin of its higher energy absorbing capability and less brittle behaviour. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2249 / 2256
页数:8
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