TY - JOUR
T1 - Utilization of Mechanically Recycled Carbon Fibers in Vinyl Ester Composites
AU - AlHarmoodi, Khaled
AU - Idrisi, Amir Hussain
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid
AU - Abu-Jdayil, Basim
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by UAE University, grant number 31N392.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - As we enter the twenty-first century, the aviation sector is expected to thrive as flying becomes the primary mode of transportation between states or nations. With such a demand, there is a corresponding need to manufacture aircraft components. The study focused on recycling carbon fiber composites received from the STRATA company, which were cut-off/waste material generated during the manufacture of airplane components. The cut-offs were then reduced to powder form using a standard face milling machine in three sizes (90, 150, and 250 µm). After, the powder was utilized to fabricate vinyl ester composites with four weight percentages (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%). The results demonstrate that the tensile strength of all composites had risen by 30.2%, 21.3%, and 17.6% for 90, 150, and 250 µm respective with the addition of 20 wt% of reinforcement. Furthermore, subsequently decreased with the additional reinforcement for all particle sizes. The compressive strength increased by 30% from 187.5 MPa to 244 MPa with 10 wt% of recycled carbon powder composite of 90μm particle size. However, samples prepared with 150 μm and 250 μm fiber size show approximately 17% and 1% increase in the compression strength with the addition of 10wt% of recycled carbon powder. A similar trend was observed for the flexural strength with an highest increase of 9% for 90 µm particle size with addition of 20 wt% reinforcement. Nonetheless, the SEM images revealed that the fiber–matrix bonding was weak, proved through the clean pullout fibers at the fracture surfaces.
AB - As we enter the twenty-first century, the aviation sector is expected to thrive as flying becomes the primary mode of transportation between states or nations. With such a demand, there is a corresponding need to manufacture aircraft components. The study focused on recycling carbon fiber composites received from the STRATA company, which were cut-off/waste material generated during the manufacture of airplane components. The cut-offs were then reduced to powder form using a standard face milling machine in three sizes (90, 150, and 250 µm). After, the powder was utilized to fabricate vinyl ester composites with four weight percentages (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%). The results demonstrate that the tensile strength of all composites had risen by 30.2%, 21.3%, and 17.6% for 90, 150, and 250 µm respective with the addition of 20 wt% of reinforcement. Furthermore, subsequently decreased with the additional reinforcement for all particle sizes. The compressive strength increased by 30% from 187.5 MPa to 244 MPa with 10 wt% of recycled carbon powder composite of 90μm particle size. However, samples prepared with 150 μm and 250 μm fiber size show approximately 17% and 1% increase in the compression strength with the addition of 10wt% of recycled carbon powder. A similar trend was observed for the flexural strength with an highest increase of 9% for 90 µm particle size with addition of 20 wt% reinforcement. Nonetheless, the SEM images revealed that the fiber–matrix bonding was weak, proved through the clean pullout fibers at the fracture surfaces.
KW - carbon fibers
KW - polymer composites
KW - recycling
KW - vinyl ester
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U2 - 10.3390/polym15041016
DO - 10.3390/polym15041016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85149001561
SN - 2073-4360
VL - 15
JO - Polymers
JF - Polymers
IS - 4
M1 - 1016
ER -