Effect of Thermal Exposure on Residual Properties of Wet Layup Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Program
2.1. Material System
2.2. Test Procedures
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Mechanical Characterization
3.1.1. Uniaxial Tension
3.1.2. Off-Axis Shear
3.1.3. Flexure
3.1.4. Short Beam Shear
3.2. Thermal Analysis
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Unexposed | 66 °C | 93 °C | 121 °C | 149 °C | 177 °C | 204 °C | 232 °C | 260 °C | |
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Tensile Strength | |||||||||
Increase from Initial | 5.42% | 33.91% | 37.66% | 31.83% | 54.42% | 36.37% | 34.12% | 26.82% | 32.95% |
Decrease from Peak | 0.00% | −23.85% | −12.89% | −20.52% | −18.14% | −17.67% | −13.53% | −11.25% | −71.76% |
Tensile Modulus | |||||||||
Increase from Initial | 14.61% | 58.59% | 42.70% | 20.53% | 33.34% | 27.94% | 29.88% | 30.91% | 13.24% |
Decrease from Peak | 0.00% | −24.00% | −23.08% | −21.54% | −14.80% | −17.26% | −10.69% | −20.83% | −69.91% |
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Hong, S.; Karbhari, V.M. Effect of Thermal Exposure on Residual Properties of Wet Layup Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Polymers 2022, 14, 2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142957
Hong S, Karbhari VM. Effect of Thermal Exposure on Residual Properties of Wet Layup Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Polymers. 2022; 14(14):2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142957
Chicago/Turabian StyleHong, SoonKook, and Vistasp M. Karbhari. 2022. "Effect of Thermal Exposure on Residual Properties of Wet Layup Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites" Polymers 14, no. 14: 2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142957