Effect of fiber-aspect ratio and orientation on the stress-strain behavior of aligned, short-fiber-reinforced, ductile epoxy

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Masoumy ◽  
L. Kacir ◽  
J. L. Kardos
2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.D. Ding ◽  
Z.H. Jiang ◽  
J. Sun ◽  
J.S. Lian ◽  
L. Xiao

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodilson Amorim Carneiro ◽  
Paulo Roberto Lopes Lima ◽  
Mônica Batista Leite ◽  
Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1031-1048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Qi He ◽  
Hong-Liang Dai ◽  
Jian Pang ◽  
Liang Yang ◽  
...  

A micromechanical model for short fiber-reinforced composites (SFRCs) with functionally graded interphases and a systematic prediction scheme to determine the effective properties are presented. The matrix and the fibers are regarded to be linear elastic, isotropic, and homogeneous. Fibers are assumed to be ellipsoids coated perfectly by functionally graded interphases, which is supposed to be formed chemically or physically by the constituents near the interface. First, to analyze the grading interphase effect, layer-wise concept is followed to divide the functionally graded interphases into multi-homogeneous sub-layers. Next, to take the effect of functionally graded interphases into account, a combination of multi-inclusion method and Mori–Tanaka method is applied to predict effective elastic properties of this unidirectional SFRCs with respect to the content and aspect ratio of the inclusions. By employing coordinate transformation, spatially elastic moduli are obtained. Finally, Voigt homogenization scheme is used to obtain the overall, averaged, symmetrical elastic properties of the SFRCs. Numerical examples and analyses demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method and indicate the influences of graded interphase, orientation, and aspect ratio of inclusions as well as properties and contents of the constituents on the overall properties of SFRCs.


Author(s):  
Darunee Aussawasathien ◽  
Erol Sancaktar

Electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber precursor based Carbon Nanofiber (CNF) mats were produced and impregnated with epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of as-prepared nanofibers in the mat and short fiber filled epoxy nanocomposite forms were determined to demonstrate the effect of fiber aspect ratio and interconnecting network on those properties. Our experimental results reveal that epoxy nanocomposites containing Electrospun Carbon Nano Fibers (ECNF) with high fiber aspect ratio and high interconnecting network in the non-woven mat form yield better mechanical properties than those filled with short ECNFs. The ECNF mat in epoxy nanocomposites provides better homogeneity, more interlocking network, and easier preparation than short ECNFs. Mechanical properties of ECNF mat-epoxy nanocomposites, which we obtained using tensile and flexural tests, such as stiffness and modulus increased, while toughness and flexural strength decreased, compared to the neat epoxy resin. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) results showed, higher modulus for ECNF mat-epoxy nanocomposites, compared to those for neat epoxy resin and short ECNF-epoxy nanocomposites. The epoxy nanocomposites had high modulus, even though the glass transition temperature, Tg values dropped at some extents of ECNF mat contents when compared with the neat epoxy resin. The cure reaction was retarded since the amount of epoxy and hardener decreased at high ECNF contents together with the hindering effect of the ECNF mat to the diffusion of epoxy resin and curing agent, leading to low crosslinking efficiency.


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