TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of CFRP composite laminated joints fabricated with vacuum assisted resin transfer molding
AU - Asadi, A.
AU - Abusrea, M. R.
AU - Arakawa, K.
AU - Colton, J.
AU - Kalaitzidou, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by a research grant from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (#JP26630496) and by the Collaborative Research Program of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University. The authors would like to thank Matthew Roth for preparing the figures. The base of this work was presented in Abusrea M., Asadi A., Arakawa K., Colton J., Kalaitzidou K.: Improvements of CFRP composite laminated joint fabricated from two dry carbon halves using vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding VARTM. in ‘21st International Conference on Composite Materials. Xi’an, China’ p.9 (2017).
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PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - The objective of this study is to improve the mechanical performance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) adhesive joints, called ‘laminated joints’. The laminated joints are made by stacking two dry carbon fiber fabric halves together and molding using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. An improved design of this joint was fabricated by overlapping the two half fabrics and adding extra carbon fiber fabric pieces. Four joints are considered in this work: a conventional laminated joint, two laminated joints with overlap, and a multiple-covers laminated joint. The composite joints are characterized in terms of static flexural and impact strength and fatigue performance. In addition, post-fracture analysis is performed using optical microscopy to identify the dependence of failure modes and its propagation in composite joints.
AB - The objective of this study is to improve the mechanical performance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) adhesive joints, called ‘laminated joints’. The laminated joints are made by stacking two dry carbon fiber fabric halves together and molding using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. An improved design of this joint was fabricated by overlapping the two half fabrics and adding extra carbon fiber fabric pieces. Four joints are considered in this work: a conventional laminated joint, two laminated joints with overlap, and a multiple-covers laminated joint. The composite joints are characterized in terms of static flexural and impact strength and fatigue performance. In addition, post-fracture analysis is performed using optical microscopy to identify the dependence of failure modes and its propagation in composite joints.
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U2 - 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2018.67
DO - 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2018.67
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050374343
SN - 1788-618X
VL - 12
SP - 781
EP - 789
JO - Express Polymer Letters
JF - Express Polymer Letters
IS - 9
ER -