Fabrication of the silver modified carbon nanotube film/carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite for the lightning strike protection application

Xia, Qianshan; Mei, Hao; Zhang, Zhichun; Liu, Yaxin; Liu, Yanju; Leng, Jinsong

doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107563

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“…Despite having less attention, SWCNTs play important roles in more specific application such as the aircraft industry. Their lesser density property allows for the production of a light weight matrix, as proven by Q. Xia et al (2020) [ 212 ]. They produced a highly conductive silver modified CNT film via electrophoretic deposition (EPD) for protecting carbon fiber-reinforced polymer structures and components of aircraft.…”

Section: Performance Of Carbon Nanotube–polymer Compositesmentioning

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Fabrication, Functionalization, and Application of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composite: An Overview

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A novel class of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nanomaterials has been surging since 1991 due to their noticeable mechanical and electrical properties, as well as their good electron transport properties. This is evidence that the development of CNT-reinforced polymer composites could contribute in expanding many areas of use, from energy-related devices to structural components. As a promising material with a wide range of applications, their poor solubility in aqueous and organic solvents has hindered the utilizations of CNTs. The current state of research in CNTs—both single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-reinforced polymer composites—was reviewed in the context of the presently employed covalent and non-covalent functionalization. As such, this overview intends to provide a critical assessment of a surging class of composite materials and unveil the successful development associated with CNT-incorporated polymer composites. The mechanisms related to the mechanical, thermal, and electrical performance of CNT-reinforced polymer composites is also discussed. It is vital to understand how the addition of CNTs in a polymer composite alters the microstructure at the micro- and nano-scale, as well as how these modifications influence overall structural behavior, not only in its as fabricated form but also its functionalization techniques. The technological superiority gained with CNT addition to polymer composites may be advantageous, but scientific values are here to be critically explored for reliable, sustainable, and structural reliability in different industrial needs.

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Fabrication, Functionalization, and Application of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composite: An Overview

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“…Besides, due to their very good electrical conductivity of 3000–5000 S/m [ 33 ], BPs are used in surface finishing of composite materials for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding or lightning strike protection [ 34 ]. In another work, numerical modeling confirmed the effectiveness of CFRPs modification by the introduction of BP as the top layer for lightning strike protection [ 35 ] The effects of modification of BP with silver particles have also been recorded [ 36 ]. The essential fact is that literature provides much less information about the application of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in the BP form, mainly due to the high price of SWCNTs.…”

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Effect of SWCNT-Tuball Paper on the Lightning Strike Protection of CFRPs and Their Selected Mechanical Properties

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The main aim of this work was the investigation of the possibility of replacing the heavy metallic meshes applied onto the composite structure in airplanes for lightning strike protection with a thin film of Tuball single-wall carbon nanotubes in the form of ultra-light, conductive paper. The Tuball paper studied contained 75 wt% or 90 wt% of carbon nanotubes and was applied on the top of carbon fibre reinforced polymer before fabrication of flat panels. First, the electrical conductivity, impact resistance and thermo-mechanical properties of modified laminates were measured and compared with the reference values. Then, flat panels with selected Tuball paper, expanded copper foil and reference panels were fabricated for lightning strike tests. The effectiveness of lightning strike protection was evaluated by using the ultrasonic phased-array technique. It was found that the introduction of Tuball paper on the laminates surface improved both the surface and the volume electrical conductivity by 8800% and 300%, respectively. The impact resistance was tested in two directions, perpendicular and parallel to the carbon fibres, and the values increased by 9.8% and 44%, respectively. The dynamic thermo-mechanical analysis showed higher stiffness and a slight increase in glass transition temperature of the modified laminates. Ultrasonic investigation after lightning strike tests showed that the effectiveness of Tuball paper is comparable to expanded copper foil.

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“…1,2 Therefore, research into lightning strike damage and protection systems, has been increasing for many years and has followed parallel experimental and simulation pathways. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Experimental research has been conducted with the primary focus on idealised standard lightning waveforms with ≥100 kA peak current amplitudes, named Waveforms A or D [13][14][15] since these waveforms produce ample electrical current, which is instantaneously dissipated as heat (i.e., thermal damage). Direct lightning damage in typical carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites includes a number of significant damage modes including fibre damage (i.e., fray, fracture, or blow-out), matrix damage (i.e., cracking or thermal decomposition), delamination, and through-thickness damage penetration.…”

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Microscale modelling of lightning damage in fibre-reinforced composites

Millen

Lee

2023

Journal of Composite Materials

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In this work, three-dimensional (3D) finite element simulations were undertaken to study the effects of lightning strikes on the microscale behaviour of continuous fibre-reinforced composite materials and to predict and understand complex lightning damage mechanisms. This approach is different from the conventional mesoscale or macroscale level of analysis, that predicts the overall lightning damage in composite laminates, thus providing better understanding of lightning-induced thermo-mechanical damage at a fundamental level. Micromechanical representative volume element (RVE) models of a UD composite laminate were created with circular carbon fibres randomly distributed in an epoxy matrix. The effects of various grounding conditions (one-, two-, and four-side grounding), fibre volume fractions ( V f = 55, 60%, and 65%), and peak current amplitudes (10, 20, and 40 kA) on microscopic damage in RVE models were characterised to understand fibre, epoxy matrix, and fibre-matrix interfacial damage associated with a lightning strike. Thermal damage, estimated based on epoxy matrix decomposition temperature, was largely constant up to 20 kA before increasing significantly at 40 kA. Severe thermal damage steadily decreased with increasing V f. Thermo-mechanical damage was predicted using a ductile plasticity model with Drucker–Prager yield criterion for epoxy matrix failure, and cohesive surfaces for fibre-matrix interface debonding. Thermal strain had the largest contribution to thermo-mechanical damage, while dynamic pressure loading was negligible in all RVE models. The RVE model proposed in this work, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, is the first model predicting lightning-induced fibre-matrix interfacial damage.

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Fabrication of the silver modified carbon nanotube film/carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite for the lightning strike protection application

Cited by 49 publications

References 32 publications

Fabrication, Functionalization, and Application of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composite: An Overview

Fabrication, Functionalization, and Application of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composite: An Overview

Effect of SWCNT-Tuball Paper on the Lightning Strike Protection of CFRPs and Their Selected Mechanical Properties

Microscale modelling of lightning damage in fibre-reinforced composites

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