Effect of Paper or Silver Nanowires-Loaded Paper Interleaves on the Electrical Conductivity and Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Composites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of the Conductive Papers and the Composite Laminates
2.3. Measurement of Mode I and II Fracture Toughness
- GIC = Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness, J/m2
- m = coefficient
- P = load, N
- δ = load point displacement, mm
- W = specimen width, mm
- a = delamination length, mm.
- GIIC = Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness, J/m2
- P = load, N
- δ = load point displacement, mm
- a = delamination length, mm
- W = specimen width, mm
- 2L = support span, mm.
2.4. Measurement of Conductivity
2.5. Characterization of Morphology
3. Results
3.1. Preparation of the Conductive Paper
3.2. Electrical Conductivity of the Laminates
3.3. Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of the Laminates
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | In-Plain | Out of Plain | Fiber Volume Fraction Vf (%) | |
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σx (S/m) | σy (S/m) | σz (S/m) | ||
Control, no interleaf | ~6 × 103 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 54.7 |
Interleaved with plain papers | ~6 × 103 | 9.2 | <1.3 × 10−6 | 54.7 |
Interleaved with AgNWs-loaded papers | ~6 × 103 | 1.67 × 103 | 17.9 | 54.7 |
Samples | GIC (J/m2) | GIIC (J/m2) |
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Control, no interleaf 1 | 321.1 | 1293 |
Interleaved with plain papers | 111.1 ± 2.6 | 541 ± 55 |
Interleaved with AgNWs-loaded papers | 104.8 ± 6.7 | 428 ± 19 |
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Guo, M.; Yi, X. Effect of Paper or Silver Nanowires-Loaded Paper Interleaves on the Electrical Conductivity and Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Composites. Aerospace 2018, 5, 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5030077
Guo M, Yi X. Effect of Paper or Silver Nanowires-Loaded Paper Interleaves on the Electrical Conductivity and Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Composites. Aerospace. 2018; 5(3):77. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5030077
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Miaocai, and Xiaosu Yi. 2018. "Effect of Paper or Silver Nanowires-Loaded Paper Interleaves on the Electrical Conductivity and Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Composites" Aerospace 5, no. 3: 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5030077