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Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials. The basic principles of the reinforcing and stiffening effect of fibers in composite materials as well as the failure behaviour of composites are discussed for composites which are reinforced with unidirectionally arranged continuous fibers, with short fibers and with multidirectionally arranged fibers. The most candidate continuous fiber materials for high performance composites which are presently available such as carbon fibers, boron- and silicon carbide fibers, organic fibers and fiberglass are compared with respect to properties and price. Whiskers are considered to have only very limited significance as reinforcing material. Furthermore the paper presents the most candidate fiber/matrix-combinations such as boron-, carbon-, organic- and glassfiber reinforced polyimide- and phenolic resin, boron- and carbon fiber reinforced aluminium, carbon- and SiC-fiber reinforced glass as well as carbon/carbon composites. The problems of chemical compatibility between fiber and matrix and the mechanical properties of these composites at room temperature and at elevated temperature are shown and discussed.     

Development of a carbonization-in-nitrogen method for measuring the fiber content of carbon fiber reinforced thermoset composites

Carbon fiber reinforced thermoset composites such as carbon fiber epoxy composites are widely used in aircraft and aerospace, and are being increasingly used in automotive applications because of their lightweight characteristics, high specific strength, and stiffness. The carbon fiber content in the composite plays a critical role in enhancing structural performance. The carbon fibers contribute to the strength and stiffness; therefore, the mechanical properties of the composite are greatly influenced by the carbon fiber content. Measurement of carbon fiber content is essential for product quality control and process optimization. In this work, a novel carbonization-in-nitrogen (CIN) method is developed to characterize the fiber content in carbon fiber thermoset composites. A carbon fiber composite sample is carbonized in a nitrogen environment at elevated temperatures, alongside a neat resin sample. The carbon fibers are protected from oxidization while the resin (the neat resin and the resin matrix in the composite sample) is carbonized under nitrogen environment. The neat resin sample is used to calibrate the resin carbonization rate and calculate the amount of the resin matrix in the composite sample. The new method has been validated on several thermoset resin systems, and found to yield accurate estimation of fiber content in carbon fiber thermoset composites.     

Single Carbon Fibers with a Macroscopic‐Thickness, 3D Highly Porous Carbon Nanotube Coating

Carbon fiber (CF) grafted with a layer of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) plays an important role in composite materials and other fields; to date, the applications of CNTs@CF multiscale fibers are severely hindered by the limited amount of CNTs grafted on individual CFs and the weak interfacial binding force. Here, monolithic CNTs@CF fibers consisting of a 3D highly porous CNT sponge layer with macroscopic‐thickness (up to several millimeters), which is directly grown on a single CF, are fabricated. Mechanical tests reveal high sponge–CF interfacial strength owing to the presence of a thin transitional layer, which completely inhibits the CF slippage from the matrix upon fracture in CNTs@CF fiber–epoxy composites. The porous conductive CNTs@CF hybrid fibers also act as a template for introducing active materials (pseudopolymers and oxides), and a solid‐state fiber‐shaped supercapacitor and a fiber‐type lithium‐ion battery with high performances are demonstrated. These CNTs@CF fibers with macroscopic CNT layer thickness have many potential applications in areas such as hierarchically reinforced composites and flexible energy‐storage textiles.     

Mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of lead-silicon carbide fiber and lead-carbon fiber composites made by electrodeposition

Multifilament silicon carbide fibers (Nippon Carbon, Nicalon type) and carbon fibers (Thornel, Pan T 300 and Pitch type) were used to produce lead-matrix composite materials for battery plate grid applications. Lead was impregnated into the fibers by electrodeposition from fluoborate baths. The electrical conductivity of carbon fibers was sufficient for direct electroplating; silicon carbide fibers were electroless plated with copper beforehand. The experimental conditions for good penetration of lead into the fiber tows were determined.Unidirectional composite samples with a fiber volume fraction of 5 to 25% were prepared from both lead impregnated fiber sheets and rods by hot-pressing (280°C, 50 MPa, 5–30 mm). The flexural strength and modulus of these samples were measured as a function of the infiltration current density and of the fiber volume fraction. Ultimate strengths in the range 300–400 MPa were attained for both lead-silicon carbide and lead-carbon composites, at a fiber volume fraction of about 25%. These latter composites exhibited a good corrosion resistance towards 38.5 wt-% sulfuric acid under non-anodic conditions.     

Control of strength anisotropy of metal matrix fiber composites

Summary This paper examines theoretically the stress distribution around fiber breaks in a unidirectional reinforced metal matrix composite, subjected to axial loading when plastic yielding of the matrix is allowed to occur. The composites considered have a ductile interphase, bonding the matrix to the fiber. The likelihood of failure of a fiber adjacent to the existing broken fiber is considered. Detailed and systematic results are given for composites with a wide range of fiber volume fractions, Young's modulus of the fibers and the matrix, interphase properties and Weibull modulus for the strength of the fibers. The objective is the optimization of these material and geometric variables to ensure global load sharing among the fibers in the longitudinal direction, which will give the composite good longitudinal strength. Calculations are carried out for transverse loading of the composite to determine the effect of the ductile interphase on the yield strength. Characteristics of the ductile interphase are determined that will provide good longitudinal strength through global load sharing and a relatively high yield strength in the direction transverse to the fibers. This, in turn, will allow control of the strength anisotropy of uniaxially reinforced metal matrix composites.     

Electrophoretic deposition of aramid nanofibers on carbon fibers for highly enhanced interfacial adhesion at low content

Here, an anodic electrophoretic deposition was adopted to facilitate the large-scale uniform coating of nano-fillers onto carbon fibers to enhance the interfacial properties between carbon fibers and epoxy matrix. As interface–reinforcing materials, aramid nanofibers were introduced because of their superior mechanical properties and epoxy matrix-friendly functional groups. Furthermore, aramid nanofibers can be readily coated on carbon fibers via electrophoretic deposition because they are negatively-charged in solution with high electrical mobility. Finally, aramid nanofiber-coated carbon fibers showed significantly improved interfacial properties such as higher surface free energy and interfacial shear strengths (39.7% and 34.9% increases, respectively) than those of a pristine carbon fiber despite a very small amount of embedding (0.025 wt% of aramid nanofibers in a carbon fiber), and the short beam strength of the laminated composite prepared with the aramid nanofiber-coated carbon fibers was also improved by 17.0% compared to a non-modified composite.     

Strong Anisotropy and Ultralow Percolation Threshold in Multiscale Composites Modified by Carbon Nanotubes Coated Hollow Glass Fiber

Inspired by biological materials, the use of combined fillers of different types and sizes has led to multiscale, hierarchical composites which are considered to be the multifunctional materials of the next generation. However, the effects of hierarchical architecture on the electrical properties and percolation behavior remain poorly understood. Here, a multiscale polymer‐based micro‐/nano‐composite with hollow glass fibers coated by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been produced based on a simple dip‐coating approach. Besides a significant increase in electrical performance, the composites exhibit a very strong anisotropy of electrical properties with the difference of 2–5 orders of magnitude in different directions. In the longitudinal direction of composites, an ultralow percolation threshold is found. These unique properties are shown to be related to the hierarchical morphology, which gives rise to the existence of two percolation levels with different thresholds: a local threshold in the nanoscale 2D CNT networks at the fiber‐polymer interfaces and a global threshold in 3D network formed by the fibers. This study helps to deeper understand the macroscopic electrical performance of the hierarchical composites, potentially opening up new ways for designing novel materials via flexible tailoring the orientation of fiber and the morphology of interfaces.

     

Interlaminar shear strength of SiC matrix composites reinforced by continuous fibers at 900 °C in air

To reveal the shear properties of SiC matrix composites, interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of three kinds of silicon carbide matrix composites was investigated by compression of the double notched shear specimen (DNS) at 900 °C in air. The investigated composites included a woven plain carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite (2D-C/SiC), a two-and-a-half-dimensional carbon fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite (2.5D-C/SiC) and a woven plain silicon carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite (2D-SiC/SiC). A scanning electron microscope was employed to observe the microstructure and fracture morphologies. It can be found that the fiber type and reinforcement architecture have significant impacts on the ILSS of the SiC matrix composites. Great anisotropy of ILSS can be found for 2.5D-C/SiC because of the different fracture resistance of the warp fibers. Larger ILSS can be obtained when the specimens was loaded along the weft direction. In addition, the SiC fibers could enhance the ILSS, compared with carbon fibers. The improvement is attributed to the higher oxidation resistance of SiC fibers and the similar thermal expansion coefficients between the matrix and the fibers.     

碳纤维增强水泥基复合材料的发展与研究

传统的水泥混凝土材料由于功能单一、脆性大、自重大、抗拉强度和抗弯强度差,在一些特殊领域中的应用受到了很大限制.碳纤维由于具有高比强度、高比模量、密度小、耐腐蚀、导电性好、对人畜无害等优异性能而颇受材料科学工作者的青睐,被视为许多复合材料的优良增强体.将碳纤维加入到水泥基体中,制成碳纤维增强水泥基复合材料,不仅可改善水泥自身力学性能的缺陷,使其具有高强度、高模量、高韧性,更重要的是能把普通的水泥建筑材料变成对温度和应力敏感、具有自感知内部应力和损伤及一系列电磁屏蔽性能的智能材料.     

Thin coatings on carbon fibers as diffusion barriers and wetting agents in Al composites

This paper describes the preparation of CVD coatings (Ta, TiC, TiN, TiNC and SiC) on carbon fibers and the effect of the deposition parameters on the mechanical properties of the fibers. Ta does not influence the fiber strength, whereas for the other coating materials the deposition conditions must be optimized in order to retain the original fiber properties.In view of the application of such coated carbon fibers in composites, their wetting behavior with liquid aluminum as well as the behavior of the coatings as diffusion barriers were studied. The coatings are instantly wetted only at temperatures so high that a partial penetration of aluminum through the thin coatings and hence a reaction at the surface of the carbon fiber leading to the formation of aluminum carbide become inevitable. The fiber strength of high performance fibers is then considerably impaired although low strength fibers are hardly affected.Wetting by liquid aluminum below 800°C can be achieved by using additional thin nickel layers. In this way the infiltration of coated carbon fiber bundles can be realized and theoretical fiber strength yields in accordance with the rule of mixtures can be obtained. This improved wetting behavior was found not to depend on the type of coating.The barrier effect of the coatings allows heat treatments at up to 600°C for short times with high fiber strength yields. Heat treatments of the order of 100 h, however, gradually decrease the composite strength. In order to retain high fiber strength during long heat treatments at high temperatures, a minimum coating thickness of some microns is needed. The preparation of such thicker coatings is discussed in detail. With such a procedure, one can obtain reinforcing elements comparable with commercially available boron or silicon carbide monofilaments.     

石墨/酚醛树脂复合材料双极板的制备与性能

双极板是质子交换膜燃料电池的重要组成部分,石墨与聚合物的复合材料双极板是目前研究的重要方向。采用模压热固化二步法,以酚醛树脂为粘结剂、天然鳞片石墨为导电骨料、炭黑为添加剂制备了质子交换膜燃料电池用复合材料双极板。系统研究了不同种类石墨对石墨/酚醛树脂复合材料电性能和抗弯强度的影响。结果表明:以天然鳞片石墨为导电原料时,所制备的石墨/酚醛树脂双极板的性能最好;添加导电炭黑能有效提高石墨/酚醛树脂复合材料的电导率;在复合材料制备中加入4wt%的碳纤维,碳纤维-石墨/酚醛树脂复合材料的抗弯强度提高了29%;碳纤维表面液相氧化处理能有效提高纤维与基体间的结合强度,随着处理时间的延长与处理温度的升高,碳纤维-石墨/酚醛树脂复合材料的电导率和抗弯强度都有很大程度的提高;最终固化温度主要影响酚醛树脂的交联程度,随着最终固化温度的升高,酚醛树脂的交联程度增加,电导率增大,但抗弯强度有一定程度减小。     

单纤维拔出方法表征CFRP界面强度的研究

提出了单根碳纤维从环氧树脂基体中拔出的一种简易方法，在国内首次实现了用该方法表征碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料（ＣＦＲＰ）界面粘合性能的技术。     

晶硅炉热场用碳材料在硅蒸汽中的腐蚀行为研究

对晶硅炉热场用三种碳材料(石墨、C/C复合材料、硬质碳毡)在不同腐蚀条件下进行了硅蒸汽腐蚀实验, 研究了不同碳材料的硅化腐蚀行为。结果表明: 三种材料的结构组成不同, 导致三种碳材料在高温环境下与硅蒸汽发生硅化腐蚀的程度不同, 硅蒸汽主要通过材料的孔洞以及缺陷扩散进入材料内部进行腐蚀, 腐蚀造成材料表面产生大量的裂纹, 并且会造成C/C复合材料以及硬质碳毡材料内部严重的破坏。材料中碳纤维的存在方式以及纤维强度对硅化腐蚀程度有较大影响, C/C复合材料中的腐蚀主要是碳基体和碳纤维的剥离以及碳纤维的缩颈、劈裂等; 而由强度较差的短碳纤维为主要组成的硬质碳毡材料的腐蚀最严重, 其内部碳纤维出现了明显的碎断、粉化。腐蚀参数对材料硅化腐蚀的程度具有较大影响, 随着腐蚀温度的升高以及腐蚀时间的延长, 三种碳材料的硅化腐蚀程度均增加。     

表面氧化处理提高碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料力学性能的研究

碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料(Carbon fiber reinforced composites,CFRP)具有高强度比、高模量比、耐高温、耐腐蚀、耐疲劳等一系列优异性能,是一类应用广泛的高性能复合材料.介绍了碳纤维几种主要的表面氧化处理方法及其不同处理工艺和条件对碳纤维表面性能以及CFRP力学性能的影响.     

The effect of surface modification with carbon nanotubes upon the tensile strength and Weibull modulus of carbon fibers

Carbon fibers are widely used as reinforcements in composite materials because of their high specific strength and modulus. Today, a number of ultrahigh strength polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based (more than 6?GPa), and ultrahigh modulus pitch-based (more than 900?GPa) carbon fibers have been commercially available. In contrast, carbon nanotube (CNT) with the extremely high tensile strength have attracted attention as reinforcements. An interesting technique to modify the carbon fiber is CNT grafting on the carbon fiber surface. CNT-grafted carbon fibers offer the opportunity to add the potential benefits of nanoscale reinforcement to well-established fibrous composites to create micro-nano multiscale hybrid composites. In the present study, the tensile properties of CNT grown on T1000GB PAN- and K13D pitch-based carbon fibers have been investigated. Single filament tensile test at gauge lengths of 1, 5, and 25?mm were conducted. The effect of gauge length on tensile strength and Weibull modulus of CNT-grafted PAN- and pitch-based carbon fibers were evaluated. It was found that grafting of CNT improves the tensile strength and Weibull modulus of PAN- and pitch-based carbon fibers with longer gauge length (≥5?mm). The results also clearly show that for CNT-grafted and as-received PAN- and pitch-based carbon fibers, there is a linear relation between the Weibull modulus and the average tensile strength on log–log scale.     

Functionalized Carbon‐Nanotube Sheet/Bismaleimide Nanocomposites: Mechanical and Electrical Performance Beyond Carbon‐Fiber Composites

Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been considered as the next‐generation reinforcement materials to potentially replace conventional carbon fibers for producing super‐high‐performance lightweight composites. Herein, it is reported that sheets of millimeter‐long multi‐walled CNTs with stretch alignment and epoxidation functionalization reinforce bismaleimide resin, which results in composites with an unprecedentedly high tensile strength of 3081 MPa and modulus of 350 GPa, well exceeding those of state‐of‐the‐art unidirectional carbon‐fiber‐reinforced composites. The results also provide important experimental evidence of the impact of functionalization and the effect of alignment reported previously on the mechanical performance and electrical conductivity of the nanocomposites.     

Continuous carbon nanotube reinforced composites

Carbon nanotubes are considered short fibers, and polymer composites with nanotube fillers are always analogues of random, short fiber composites. The real structural carbon fiber composites, on the other hand, always contain carbon fiber reinforcements where fibers run continuously through the composite matrix. With the recent optimization in aligned nanotube growth, samples of nanotubes in macroscopic lengths have become available, and this allows the creation of composites that are similar to the continuous fiber composites with individual nanotubes running continuously through the composite body. This allows the proper utilization of the extreme high modulus and strength predicted for nanotubes in structural composites. Here, we fabricate such continuous nanotube polymer composites with continuous nanotube reinforcements and report that under compressive loadings, the nanotube composites can generate more than an order of magnitude improvement in the longitudinal modulus (up to 3,300%) as well as damping capability (up to 2,100%). It is also observed that composites with a random distribution of nanotubes of same length and similar filler fraction provide three times less effective reinforcement in composites.     

结构吸波纤维及其复合材料的研究进展

结构吸波纤维及其复合材料具有吸波性能好、质量轻、可承载等优点,已成为结构吸波材料的重要发展方向,对隐身武器的设计和制造具有重要意义.综述了结构吸波纤维及其复合材料的最新研究成果,探讨了碳纤维、碳化硅纤维、玻璃纤维增强吸波材料以及几种其它类型的结构型吸波材料,展望了结构吸波纤维及其复合材料的发展趋势.     

电热载荷对碳纤维复丝拉伸性能的影响

由于复合材料具有组成多元、各向异性等特点,电热载荷作用下碳纤维复合材料内部的响应行为十分复杂。为了研究碳纤维复合材料的电热响应,首先采用自制电热损伤试验平台,测试了不同电流强度下碳纤维复丝试样的表面温度分布,获得了碳纤维复丝电阻随温度的变化规律,初步揭示了碳纤维复丝具有温敏效应。然后,考察了不同电流处理条件下碳纤维复丝拉伸强度、断裂伸长率和拉伸模量的变化规律,并运用SEM和FTIR对电流处理前后材料的形貌和微观结构变化进行了分析。研究结果表明:纤维在通电过程中的产热效应促进了基体的进一步固化,同时提高了复丝界面的粘结性能;然而,当电流强度过大时,复丝的拉伸强度会因纤维本体的损伤或基体及界面层的烧蚀破坏而降低,从而降低了碳纤维复合材料的性能。      

Damage detection of glass fiber reinforced composites using embedded PVA–carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers

Polyvinyl alcohol–carbon nanotube (PVA–CNT) fibers were embedded in glass fiber reinforced plastic composites and used as strain sensors for damage monitoring of the composite. Sensing of the structural integrity of the composite was made by the in situ measurement of the electrical resistance of the embedded PVA–CNT fiber during the mechanical tests. The multi-functional materials were tested in tensile progressive damage accumulation (PDA) tests. These tests aimed to seek the electrical response of untreated and pre-stretched PVA–CNT fibers with known level of progressively induced damage to the composite. The advantages and disadvantages of each PVA–CNT fiber used as a sensor are analyzed; the electrical resistance readings of the PVA–CNT fibers were correlated with known parameters that express the induced damage of the composite.