Development of Through-Thickness Reinforcement in Advanced Composites Incorporating Rigid Cellular Foams |
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Authors: | A. Aktas P. Potluri I. Porat |
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Affiliation: | 1. Textile Composites Group, North West Composites Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK 2. Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Abstract: | This paper presents a method of joining carbon-fibre plies and rigid cellular foam core with stitching for producing light-weight composite structures. After resin infusion and consolidation, the stitched sandwich panel exhibits superior damage tolerance as well as improved transverse properties due to the presence of through-thickness fibre reinforcement. First part of the paper deals with the conceptual development of a multi-needle stitching machine for rigid foams. A needle penetration model for computing the penetration forces has been reported—there is a good agreement between the experimental and theoretical penetration force-displacement curves. A number of sandwich panels with orthogonal and bias stitch orientations have been developed and examined for stitch quality with the aid of X-ray tomography. The paper also presents results from quasi-static indentation, three-point bending and transverse compression tests, on both the stitched and unstitched sandwich panels. |
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