Journal
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 20-28Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.09.001
Keywords
Hybrid composites; Carbon nanotubes; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Strength
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- MIT's Nano-Engineered Composite aerospace STructures (NECST) Consortium
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Three-dimensional reinforcement of woven advanced polymer-matrix composites using aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is explored experimentally and theoretically. Radially-aligned CNTs grown in situ on the surface of fibers in a woven cloth provide significant three-dimensional reinforcement, as measured by Mode I interlaminar fracture testing and tension-bearing experiments. Aligned CNTs bridge the ply interfaces giving enhancement in both initiation and steady-state toughness, improving the already tough system by 76% in steady state (more than 1.5 kJ/m(2) increase). CNT pull-out on the crack faces is the observed toughening mechanism, and an analytical model is correlated to the experimental fracture data. In the plane of the laminate, aligned CNTs enhance the tension-bearing response with increases of: 19% in bearing stiffness, 9% in critical strength, and 5% in ultimate strength accompanied by a clear change in failure mode from shear-out failure (matrix dominated) without CNTs to tensile fracture (fiber dominated) with CNTs. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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