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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 322, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117409
Keywords
Braiding; Carbon fiber; Gray scale analysis; Mechanical testing
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This paper analyzes the tensile properties of 2D braid reinforced composites in relation to process-induced fiber architecture variations. Parametric study and image analysis are conducted to determine the effects of radial braiding parameters on the braid characteristics and mechanical properties. The results show strong correlations between measured fiber architectures and mechanical properties, suggesting the importance of detailed information about the fiber architecture for predicting the properties of 2D braided composites.
Tensile properties of 2D braid reinforced composites are analyzed with regards to process-induced fiber architecture variations. First, a parametric study concerning the effect of radial braiding parameters on the braid characteristics is performed and a quantitative quality index based on visual attributes is introduced. Second, test laminates are produced with vacuum resin infusion to conduct tensile tests with biaxial and triaxial braids of varying qualities. To correlate fiber architecture variations with mechanical properties, each braided layer is scanned and analyzed by means of gray scale based image processing. This allows for determining specimen-specific fiber orientations and correlating them with mechanical properties. The results show strong correlations of measured fiber architectures and mechanical properties. Thus, the study suggests that detailed information about the (local) fiber architecture should allow for significantly improving the prediction of 2D braided composite properties.
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