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    Thermal Shock Behavior of Twill Woven Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

    Year: 2021

    Journal: J. Compos. Sci., Volume 5, JAN

    Authors: Azimpour-Shishevan, Farzin; Akbulut, Hamit; Mohtadi-Bonab, M. A.

    Organizations: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [213M600]; Ataturk University [BAP 2012/448]

    Keywords: carbon fiber; epoxy matrix; thermal cycling; mechanical and thermal properties

    In the current research, the effect of cyclic temperature variation on the mechanical and thermal properties of woven carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites was investigated. To this, carbon fiber textiles in twill 2/2 pattern were used as reinforced phase in epoxy, and CFRPs were fabricated by vacuum-assisted resin-infusion molding (VARIM) method. Thermal cycling process was carried out between -40 and +120 degrees C for 20, 40, 60 and 80 cycles, in order to evaluate the effect of thermal cycling on mechanical and thermal properties of CFRP specimens. In this regard, tensile, bending and short beam shear (SBS) experiments were carried out, to obtain modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, flexural modulus, flexural strength and inter-laminar shear strength (ILSS) at room temperature (RT), and then thermal treated composites were compared. A dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) test was carried out to obtain thermal properties, and viscoelastic properties, such as storage modulus (E'), loss modulus (E) and loss factors (tan delta), were evaluated. It was observed that the characteristics of composites were affected by thermal cycling due to post-curing at a high temperature. This process worked to crosslink and improve the composite behavior or degrade it due to the different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) of composite components. The response of composites to the thermal cycling process was determined by the interaction of these phenomena. Based on SEM observations, the delamination, fiber pull-out and bundle breakage were the dominant fracture modes in tensile-tested specimens.
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