Short-beam shear of nanoprepreg/nanostitched three-dimensional carbon/epoxy multiwall carbon nanotube composites

BİLİŞİK A., ŞAHBAZ KARADUMAN N., Sapanci E.

JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, vol.54, no.3, pp.311-329, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 54 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0021998319863472
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.311-329
  • Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, nanoprepreg, nanostitching, short-beam test, interlaminar shear strength, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, FLEXURAL PROPERTIES, INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE, STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT, FAILURE MECHANISMS, SURFACE-TREATMENT, MODE-I, FIBER, WOVEN, MATRIX
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The effect of out-of-plane stitching and the addition of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the short-beam shear properties of carbon/epoxy composites were investigated. Stitching influenced the short-beam strength of carbon satin and twill fabric composites, where the stitched satin carbon/epoxy composites showed improved short-beam properties compared with the unstitched satin carbon/epoxy composites. In general, stitching and MWCNTs addition enhanced the short-beam strength of the composite. The fracture of the composites generally exhibited as a combination of lateral total matrix cracking, warp fiber breakage and interlayer opening. In addition, all the structures experienced angularly sheared catastrophic through-the-thickness layer breakage. It was also shown that delamination was largely restricted in stitched and nano-added composites when compared to the unstitched samples. It can be concluded that nanostitching could be considered for improving short-beam strength properties of the composite.