Multi-Scaled Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Tubular Composites Reinforced with Innovated 3D Weft Knitted Spacer Fabrics

Textile composites of 3D integrated spacer configurations have been recently focused by several researchers all over the world. In the present study, newly-designed tubular composites reinforced with 3D spacer weft knitted fabrics were considered and the effects of their structural parameters on some applicable mechanical properties were investigated. For this purpose, two different samples of 3D spacer weft knitted textile types in tubular form were produced on an electronic flat knitting machine, using glass/nylon hybrid yarns. Thermoset tubular-shaped composite parts were manufactured via vacuum infusion molding process using epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of the produced knitted composites in term of external static and internal hydrostatic pressures were evaluated. Resistance of the produced composites against the external static and internal hydrostatic pressures was numerically simulated using multi-scale modeling method. The finding revealed that there is acceptable correlation between experimental and theoretical results.     

内衬聚偏氟乙烯热塑层的纤维缠绕复合材料管径向平压性能

纤维缠绕角度、纤维缠绕层厚度及碳/玻纤维混杂比是影响内衬聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)热塑层的纤维增强热固性复合材料缠绕管径向平压性能的重要因素,其性能直接决定复合材料缠绕管产品掩埋深度和抗碾压能力。将PVDF颗粒经挤出机制成PVDF管,然后以表面喷砂处理后的PVDF管为内衬芯管,采用湿法缠绕技术制备不同结构参数的复合材料缠绕管。利用管平行板外载平压性能测试方法,测试了3种结构参数对复合材料管径向平压性能的影响,并分析其破坏模式与失效机理。结果表明,随缠绕层厚度的增加,径向压缩强度和径向压缩模量逐渐增大;随着缠绕角度的增大,径向压缩强度和径向压缩模量先增大后减小;另外,随着碳/玻纤维混杂比的提高,复合材料缠绕管的压缩强度和压缩模量相应增加。     

Bast Fibres Reinforced Thermoplastic and Thermoset PLA Biocomposite

Flax/Hemp mat reinforced biodegradable thermoplastic and thermoset PLA biocomposites were prepared by non-woven and hot pressing (HP) methods.The effects of fibres weight-fraction and composites processing conditions were investigated.The morphology,structure,thermal and mechanical properties of the biocomposites were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM),Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC) and tensile testing.The bast fibres/PLA composites can potentially be used for a wide range of applications including automotive interior materials and architecture materials.     

Mechanical Properties of Natural Fibre Mat Reinforced Thermoplastic

The use of natural fibres instead of man made fibres, as reinforcements in thermoplastics, gives interesting alternatives for production of low cost and ecologically friendly composites. In this work different commercially available semi-finished natural fibre mat reinforced thermoplastics (NMT) composites have been studied. Mechanical properties and microstructure of different NMT composites were investigated and compared to conventional GMT (glass fibre mat reinforced thermoplastic) composites and pure polypropylene (PP). The study included also NMT composites manufacturing processing parameters as processing temperatures and pressure during compression moulding. The results showed that NMT composites have a high stiffness compared to pure polymer and the NMT with a high fibre content (50% by weight) showed even better stiffness than the GMT. The GMT composites had superior strength and impact properties compared to the NMT which might be due to the relatively low strength of the natural fibres but also to poor adhesion to the PP matrix. The NMT materials showed a large dependence on direction and are therefore believed to have more fibres oriented in one direction. The stronger direction (0°) of the NMT was in some cases as much as 45% better than the 90° direction.     

Ballistic Impact Performance Study on Thermoset and Thermoplastic Composites

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention - Ballistic impact-resistant materials are of interest for the past few decades. Ballistic impact is a high-velocity impact where the target material is...     

改性椰纤维增强聚乳酸复合材料力学性能

目的添加适量椰纤维(CF)改善聚乳酸(PLA)的力学性能,以适应产品的包装。方法采用熔融共混法制备不同CF含量的CF/PLA复合材料。通过力学性能测试、扫描电子显微镜观察和动态热力学性能测试,探讨添加不同含量的碱洗CF对复合材料力学性能的影响。结果与纯PLA相比,复合材料的拉伸强度降低,冲击强度增大,储能模量增大,玻璃化转变温度降低。当碱洗CF质量分数为3%时,复合材料的冲击强度比纯PLA增加了24%。结论添加CF有利于提高复合材料的力学性能,碱液浸泡更有利于改善CF和PLA基体的界面相容性。     

Mechanical Properties of Date Palm Fiber Reinforced Composites

Mechanical properties of several laminates of date palm leave (DPL) reinforced composites are investigated. Three different processes to construct these composite laminates are assessed. These are wet lay-up with simple vacuum bagging, autoclaving with vacuum bagging and Vulcan press moulding. Several fiber orientation and dimensions are tested. Two types of resins are selected. The first is a high temperature curing Phenolic (phenol formaldehyde) resin. The second is a two-component Bisphenol resin with amine-based slow curing agent. The average tensile strength ranged between 127.4 and 152.3 MPa for long unidirectional fibers and 8.4 to 62.6 MPa for short and medium length fibers respectively (depending on process and resin type). The Bisphenol laminates have better mechanical properties. These laminates have consistently 25 to 50% higher tensile strength than Phenolic laminates. The bending strength ranged between 120.6 and 342.3 MPa (at 500 mm/min loading speed) depending on fiber length. Short fiber Bisphenol laminates have excellent fatigue life characteristics (over 466,000 and 653,000 cycles at 70% and 60% of maximum stress loads respectively). The process parameters and resin types have significant effects on the laminate properties. The water absorption of the laminates ranged between 2.3 to 5.8% for the Phenolic laminates (depending on the test method and manufacturing process used). The water absorption of Bisphenol laminates ranged between 10 and 40%. The produced laminates were very stable to handle all required machining processes as construction panels. They were successfully subjected to several machining processes such as milling, end milling, hack sawing and drilling.     

Multi-Scale Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Biaxial Weft Knitted Fabrics for Composite Applications

In this paper a multi-scale numerical model for simulating the mechanical behavior of biaxial weft knitted fabrics produced based on 1×1 rib structure is presented. Fabrics were produced on a modern flat knitting machine using polyester as stitch yarns and nylon as straight yarns. A macro constitutive equation was presented to model the fabric mechanical behavior as a continuum material. User defined material subroutines were provided to implement the constitutive behavior in Abaqus software. The constitutive equation needs remarkable tensile tests on the fabric as the inputs. To solve this drawbacks meso scale modeling of the fabric was used to predict stress–strain curves of the fabric in three different directions (course, wale and 45°). In these simulations only the yarn properties are needed. To evaluate the accuracy of the proposed macro and meso models, fabric tensile behavior in 22.5 and 67.5° directions were simulated by the calibrated macro model and compared with experimental results. Spherical deformation was also simulated by the multi scale model and compared with experimental results. The results showed that the multi-scale modeling can successfully predict the tensile and spherical deformation of the biaxial weft knitted fabric with least required experiments. This model will be useful for composite applications.     

纤维增强纳米SiO2复合隔热材料的力学性能研究

采用干法成型工艺制备了纤维增强纳米SiO2复合隔热材料,考察了成型压力和纤维长度对复合材料力学性能的影响。结果表明,成型压力越大,复合材料承受压力载荷的能力越强,纤维表面致密的纳米级颗粒覆层对纤维起到的保护和应力缓冲作用越强,抗折强度越高。增强纤维长度对抗压强度影响不大,纤维越长,抗折强度越高,但当纤维过长时会因分散困难而导致抗折强度下降,故适宜的纤维长度为5mm。此外,采用等效包容体理论建立了纤维增强复合材料细观力学分析模型,并对纤维增强机理进行了深入分析和探讨。     

植物纤维增强PS木塑复合材料的性能研究

以木纤维、竹纤维和聚苯乙烯为主要原料,加入偶联剂、润滑剂、增塑剂等加工助剂,经挤出注塑制备聚苯乙烯/木纤维复合材料。研究了植物纤维种类和添加质量分数、偶联剂KH-550添加质量分数对PS木塑复合材料力学性能的影响。结果表明：木纤维和偶联剂的加入都使复合材料的力学性能呈先增大后减小的趋势。当木纤维添加质量分数为25%,偶联剂KH-550添加质量为木纤维添加质量的1.5%时,复合材料具有最大的拉伸强度、弯曲强度和断裂伸长率,分别为30.2MPa,86MPa和8.74%,缺口冲击强度随木纤维添加质量分数的增加而减小。木纤维和竹纤维填充的两种复合材料的拉伸强度、弯曲强度和冲击强度相差不大。     

废纸浆增强HDPE复合材料的力学性能

将废旧瓦楞纸板粉碎制浆,与高密度聚乙烯通过注塑成型制备废纸浆/HDPE复合材料。研究了废纸浆含量,相容剂HDPE-g-MAH和LDPE-g-GMA,加工助剂S-105、TKM-M80和Deoflow A对废纸浆/HDPE复合材料力学性能的影响,通过扫描电镜SEM分析了复合材料的冲击断面,结果表明,HDPE-g-MAH和...     

Dependence of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Thermoplastic Composites on Electron Beam Irradiation

Since the restrictions for environmental protection being strengthened, thermoplastics reinforced with natural fibers (NF’s), such as jute, kenaf, flax, etc. have appeared as alternatives to chemical plastics for automobile interior materials. In this study, the thermal conductivity, tensile strength, and deformation of several kinds of thermoplastic composites composed of 50% polypropylene (PP) and 50% natural fiber (NF) irradiated by an electron beam (energy: 0.5 MeV, dose: 0–20 kGy) were measured. The length and thickness of PP and NF are 80 ± 10 mm and 40–120 μm, respectively. The results show that the thermal conductivity and the tensile strength changed and became minimum, when the dose of the electron beam was 10 kGy. However, the effect of the dose on the deformation was not clear.     

三维缝合复合材料力学性能的研究进展

介绍了三维缝合复合材料的缝合工艺,总结了缝合与不缝合复合材料层间断裂韧韧性(GⅠRs、GⅡRs)及冲击损伤容限的试验结果,分析了层间断裂韧性和冲击损伤容限的试验结果,评述了聚合物层合板穿过厚度缝合产生力学性能变化的机理.     

织物结构对玄武岩织物/环氧树脂复合材料力学性能的影响

采用三种不同结构玄武岩织物(单向/平纹/2.5维),通过树脂传递模塑成型工艺(RTM)制备了玄武岩织物增强环氧树脂复合材料。通过拉伸和弯曲试验,研究了织物结构对复合材料力学性能的影响,探讨了不同织物结构玄武岩织物增强环氧树脂复合材料的损伤破坏机制。结果表明:织物结构形式对复合材料的力学性能有较大影响,单向玄武岩织物复合材料的拉伸性能最好,试样的拉伸断口相对齐平,分层现象不明显;2.5维玄武岩织物复合材料弯曲性能最好,且纬向弯曲性能优于经向。2.5维织物增强复合材料的结构整体性较好,受到拉伸和弯曲载荷不会产生分层破坏。根据扫描电子显微镜(SEM)断面分析可以判定,玄武岩织物/环氧树脂复合材料拉伸和弯曲加载过程中的损伤类型主要为织物中纤维的断裂及纤维-树脂的界面脱粘。     

石墨烯/环氧树脂复合材料的制备与力学性能

通过对氧化石墨热膨胀还原并用超声分散制备了石墨烯,并对所得产物进行分析表征。用超声分散和模具浇注成型法制备了石墨烯/环氧树脂纳米复合材料。研究了石墨烯含量对石墨烯/环氧树脂复合材料力学性能和断面形貌的影响,分析了石墨烯对环氧树脂的增强机理。结果表明,随着石墨烯含量的增加,石墨烯/环氧树脂复合材料的拉伸强度及模量先增加后减小;当石墨烯的质量分数为0.1%时,复合材料的拉伸强度达到最大值60.9MPa,比纯环氧树脂提高了16.88%;当石墨烯的质量分数为0.5%时,复合材料的拉伸模量达到最大值2833.3MPa,比纯环氧树脂提高了48.29%。     

Novel Nanoparticle‐Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

This paper summarizes and reviews the state‐of‐the‐art processing methods, structures and mechanical properties of the metal matrix composites reinforced with ceramic nanoparticles. The metal matrices of nanocomposites involved include aluminum and magnesium. The processing approaches for nanocomposites can be classified into ex‐situ and in‐situ synthesis routes. The ex‐situ ceramic nanoparticles are prone to cluster during composite processing and the properties of materials are lower than the theoretical values. Despite the fact of clustering, ex‐situ nanocomposites reinforced with very low loading levels of nanoparticles exhibit higher yield strength and creep resistance than their microcomposite counterparts filled with much higher particulate content. Better dispersion of ceramic nanoparticles in metal matrix can be achieved by using appropriate processing techniques. Consequently, improvements in both the mechanical strength and ductility can be obtained readily in aluminum or magnesium by adding ceramic nanoparticles. Similar beneficial enhancements in mechanical properties are observed for the nanocomposites reinforced with in‐situ nanoparticles.     

碳纳米管和氧化铝混杂增强铝基复合材料的制备及力学性能

采用化学气相沉积结合机械球磨的方法制备了碳纳米管(CNTs)和Al_2O_3颗粒混杂增强铝基复合材料,研究了球磨时间、Al_2O_3含量对复合材料组织和力学性能的影响。结果表明:本方法可以获得CNTs和Al_2O_3颗粒在铝基体内的均匀分散。随球磨时间的增加,复合材料的硬度随之增大;当球磨时间为180min时,复合材料硬度达纯铝的2.1倍。此外,随Al_2O_3颗粒含量的增加,复合材料的硬度和压缩屈服强度均不断提高。当Al_2O_3的质量分数为4%时,CNTsAl_2O_3/Al复合材料的硬度达112.1HV,为纯铝的2.8倍;压缩屈服强度达416MPa,为纯铝的4.6倍,说明CNTs和Al_2O_3的混杂加入发挥了良好的协同增强效果。     

热塑性酚醛树脂对碳纤维环氧树脂基复合材料性能影响

利用热重分析(TGA)、扫描电镜(SEM)和三点短梁法对添加不同含量的热塑性酚醛树脂(PF)复合材料体系改性效果进行了研究,考察了不同含量的酚醛树脂对固化体系力学性能及热性能的影响.结果表明:随着酚醛树脂含量的增加,碳纤维环氧树脂基复合材料(CFRP)的弯曲强度和弯曲弹性模量呈递减趋势;层间剪切强度(ILSS)呈现先增加后减小的趋势,当酚醛树脂的含量为20%时,层间剪切强度达到111.31MPa,提高约7%;热稳定性较其他含量时为高,复合材料体系的综合性能最好.