Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Novel Resin-infused Thermoplastic and Conventional Thermoset 3D Fabric Composites
Journal article
Authors | Shah, Syed Zulfiqar Hussain, Megat-Yusoff, Puteri Sri Melor, Karuppanan, Saravanan, Choudhry, Rizwan Saeed, Ahmad, Faiz and Sajid, Zubair |
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Abstract | This paper presents an extensive comparison of the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of a recently developed thermoplastic (Elium ®) 3D fabric-reinforced composite (3D-FRC) with the conventional thermoset (epoxy) 3D-FRC. Experiments involved tensile tests, compression tests, V-notch shear tests, and short beam shear tests for specimens produced through the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process in each case. These tests were used for the determination of in-plane elastic constants, failure strengths and for investigating the failure mechanisms. A micro-mechanical model validated against these experiments was used to predict the remaining orthotropic elastic constants. This work enhances our understanding of the mechanics of infusible thermoplastic 3D-FRC as a new class of emerging materials and provides useful data which substantiates that this unconventional thermoplastic resin is also easier to recycle, uses similar manufacturing processes and can be a suitable replacement for conventional thermoset resins. |
Keywords | Ceramics and Composites; 3-Dimensional reinforcement; Thermoplastic resin (Elium); Thermoset resin; Mechanical properties; Failure mechanisms; Micro-mechanics modelling |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Applied Composite Materials |
Journal citation | 29, p. 515–545 |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
ISSN | 0929-189X |
1573-4897 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-021-09980-1 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10443-021-09980-1 |
hdl:10545/626179 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 16 Oct 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Dec 2021, 10:33 |
Accepted | 10 Oct 2021 |
Contributors | Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia and University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Restricted |
File | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/955q3/mechanical-properties-and-failure-mechanisms-of-novel-resin-infused-thermoplastic-and-conventional-thermoset-3d-fabric-composites
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