Shi Junwei, Wang Wengui, Liu Feifei, Xun Guoli, Yang Pengfei
Composite Technology Center, AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute, Beijing, 101300, China.
Aircraft Strength Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Jan 30;10(3):e25288. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25288. eCollection 2024 Feb 15.
Carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite (CF/EP) laminates with porosity ranged from 0% to 2.5% were prepared under inadequate curing pressures, and then applied to ultrasonic, metallographic and mechanical testings. Porosity was evaluated using an ultrasonic attenuation model, which was established by taking consideration of surface losses, material attenuation coefficient and void attenuation coefficient. Shear properties were determined via short beam shear (SBS) method and porosity-related failure mechanisms were characterized using ultrasonic B-Scan and metallographic analysis. The results show that there is a third-order polynomial correlation between porosity level and ultrasonic attenuation coefficient. The shear strength approximately drops by 15%, 30%, 40% and 45% with porosity level up to 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% and 2.5% respectively. The detrimental effects of Porosity can be attributed to the reduced bonding area between plies or among fiber-resin area as well as the crack initiation and propagation.
在固化压力不足的情况下制备了孔隙率范围为0%至2.5%的碳纤维增强环氧树脂复合材料(CF/EP)层压板,然后对其进行超声、金相和力学测试。孔隙率通过超声衰减模型进行评估,该模型通过考虑表面损耗、材料衰减系数和孔隙衰减系数建立。通过短梁剪切(SBS)方法测定剪切性能,并使用超声B扫描和金相分析表征与孔隙率相关的失效机制。结果表明,孔隙率水平与超声衰减系数之间存在三阶多项式相关性。随着孔隙率水平分别达到1.0%、1.5%、2.0%和2.5%,剪切强度分别下降约15%、30%、40%和45%。孔隙率的有害影响可归因于层间或纤维-树脂区域之间粘结面积的减小以及裂纹的萌生和扩展。