Investigation on cryogenic interlaminar shear properties of carbon fabric/epoxy composites improved by graphene oxide-coated glass fibers

Testing and Analysis of Frictional Performance of Carbon Fiber/Metal Composite Materials

“…Park et al found that the longitudinal bending strength of coated carbon fiber/phenolic composite material increased by 18% to 40% compared to uncoated composite material [1]. Dang et al found that by coating short glass fibers reinforced carbon fibers with graphene, the interlaminar shear strength reached its maximum value when the additive amount was 0.4wt%, increasing by 24.3% and 21.3%, respectively, compared to the unmodified fibers [2]. Babylon University found that when the mass fraction of multi-walled carbon nanotubes added to the carbon fiber hybrid composite was 0.4%, the mechanical and dynamic properties of the material could be significantly improved [3].…”

On the mix-mode fracture of carbon fibre/epoxy composites interleaved with various thermoplastic veils

“…Interlayer toughening is an attractive method to enhance the interlaminar fracture properties of carbon fibre/epoxy composites. To date, many different types of materials have been employed as interlayers for laminate toughening, including cellulose fibres [1,2], thermoplastic fibres [3,4] and carbon nano-materials [5,6]. Among them, non-woven veils based on nano-/micro-scale thermoplastic fibres had proved outstanding performance [4,7] for laminate toughening, without causing significant drops in the mechanical properties and increases in the laminate weight [8].…”

Hierarchical hybrid glass fibers modified by hyperbranched polyphosphoramide and graphene oxide sheets to improve flame retardancy and suppress candlewick effect of poly(lactic acid)/glass fibers composites

“…Up to date, glass fibers (GFs) reinforced resin composites still exhibit the biggest and widest application owing to the excellent balance between the reinforced mechanical properties and the economic cost 14,15 . When the polymer/GFs composites are under external load, the load can be easily transferred from the loading spot to the whole composites through the fiber‐net and the interface among fibers and matrix 16 . The ultimate mechanical properties of fiber‐reinforced polymer composites not only depend on the fiber length and content, but also highly rely on the polymer/fiber interfacial adhesion 17,18 .…”

“…14,15 When the polymer/GFs composites are under external load, the load can be easily transferred from the loading spot to the whole composites through the fiber-net and the interface among fibers and matrix. 16 The ultimate mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polymer composites not only depend on the fiber length and content, but also highly rely on the polymer/fiber interfacial adhesion. 17,18 However, during the combustion process, the polymer melted fluids can be easily absorbed onto the GFs surface resulting in the generation of interfacial tension, which provides driving force to make the fluids transfer from the interfacial region to the flame zone through GFs, therefore accelerating the fuel supply and intensifying the combustion behavior.…”