Yenigun Burak, Chaudhry Muhammad Salman, Gkouti Elli, Czekanski Aleksander
Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2023 May 25;13(11):1729. doi: 10.3390/nano13111729.
This study investigates the influence of temperature and loading rate on the Mode I and Mode II interlaminar fracture behavior of carbon-nanotubes-enhanced carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CNT-CFRP). CNT-induced toughening of the epoxy matrix is characterized by producing CFRP with varying loading of CNT areal density. CNT-CFRP samples were subjected to varying loading rates and testing temperatures. Fracture surfaces of CNT-CFRP were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging. Mode I and Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness increased with increasing amount of CNT to an optimum value of 1 g/m, then decreased at higher CNT amounts. Moreover, it was found that CNT-CFRP fracture toughness increased linearly with the loading rate in Mode I and Mode II. On the other hand, different responses to changing temperature were observed; Mode I fracture toughness increased when elevating the temperature, while Mode II fracture toughness increased with increasing up to room temperature and decreased at higher temperatures.
本研究调查了温度和加载速率对碳纳米管增强碳纤维增强聚合物(CNT-CFRP)的I型和II型层间断裂行为的影响。通过制备具有不同碳纳米管面密度负载的CFRP来表征碳纳米管对环氧树脂基体的增韧作用。对CNT-CFRP样品施加不同的加载速率和测试温度。使用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)成像分析CNT-CFRP的断裂表面。I型和II型层间断裂韧性随着碳纳米管含量的增加而增加,直至达到1 g/m的最佳值,然后在更高的碳纳米管含量下降低。此外,发现CNT-CFRP的断裂韧性在I型和II型中随加载速率线性增加。另一方面,观察到对温度变化的不同响应;升高温度时I型断裂韧性增加,而II型断裂韧性在温度升高至室温时增加,在更高温度下降低。