TY - GEN
T1 - Thermomechanical characteristics of compacted and noncompacted plain weave woven laminated composites
AU - Al-Kuwaiti, Maryam H.
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Nowadays, fiber reinforced composites are widely used in variety of industrial applications such as aircraft structures, automotive, pressure vessels and piping, etc. Aircraft standard fabrication process requires certain level of vacuum compaction (debulking) during the lay-up process, and a standard bagging method for curing in an autoclave. Every compacted component cured in an autoclave needs to be vacuum bagged employing edge breathers or bleeders and surface breathers. This process is repetitive and time consuming, and therefore needs further investigation. In this research, the combined effect of the removal of compaction and edge breathing on the thermomechanical behavior of plain weave woven laminated composites is studied. Tests have been conducted on 12 lamina plain weave composite specimens. Results indicated an insignificant difference on the thermomechanical properties between compacted and non-compacted specimens. Tensile, ILSS, flexural and DSC tests confirm that for the 12 lamina specimens compaction and edge breathing are not needed.
AB - Nowadays, fiber reinforced composites are widely used in variety of industrial applications such as aircraft structures, automotive, pressure vessels and piping, etc. Aircraft standard fabrication process requires certain level of vacuum compaction (debulking) during the lay-up process, and a standard bagging method for curing in an autoclave. Every compacted component cured in an autoclave needs to be vacuum bagged employing edge breathers or bleeders and surface breathers. This process is repetitive and time consuming, and therefore needs further investigation. In this research, the combined effect of the removal of compaction and edge breathing on the thermomechanical behavior of plain weave woven laminated composites is studied. Tests have been conducted on 12 lamina plain weave composite specimens. Results indicated an insignificant difference on the thermomechanical properties between compacted and non-compacted specimens. Tensile, ILSS, flexural and DSC tests confirm that for the 12 lamina specimens compaction and edge breathing are not needed.
KW - Compacted
KW - Composites
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Non-compacted
KW - Plain weave
KW - Thermal properties
KW - Thermomechanical properties
KW - Woven
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U2 - 10.1115/PVP2017-65764
DO - 10.1115/PVP2017-65764
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034100563
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
BT - Design and Analysis
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2017 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2017
Y2 - 16 July 2017 through 20 July 2017
ER -