Journal
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.105177
Keywords
Sheet molding compound composite; Hydrothermal aging; Fractal morphology
Funding
- Ecole des Arts et Metiers - France
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This study investigated the effects of hydrothermal aging on Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) composite through X-ray micro computed tomography and microscopic study techniques. The results showed that damage increases continuously with time and temperature, primarily located in voids within the matrix and at fiber interfaces.
This paper presents an investigation on the effects of hydrothermal aging on Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) composite. Two different techniques were carried out to study the inner structure of aged SMC composite. Firstly, X-ray micro computed tomography (X mu CT) was used to evaluate the changes using 3D images. The results showed cracks in all the composite structure with different shapes and volume in response to the hydrothermal conditions. The cracks results from the build up of an osmotic pressure in microcavities, which is proportional to water concentration. However, it was not possible to quantify separately the hydrothermal induced damage in the studied SMC composite material. Therefore, the X mu CT analyzes were supplemented by a microscopic study. This step has been studied in terms of crack density evolution and crack propagation rate. The results obtained by X mu CT technique and SEM observations show that the damage increases continuously with time and temperature during aging. The damage was found to be located in the voids contained in the matrix at early stage of aging. Then it is mostly developed into the fiber interface in the form of fiber/matrix interfacial debonding.
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