Design and characterisation of high performance, pseudo-ductile all-carbon/epoxy unidirectional hybrid composites

LM25/A356 Aluminium Silicon alloy is characterized by high mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, machinabilty and excellent castability. Its prominent usage is found in high performance applications like in the automotive piston, cylinder blocks and heads, valve lifters, alloy wheels, brake pads and also in turbine blades. The prospects in applications of A356 are improved by heat treatment processes. Moreover the production of A356 Aluminium alloy composites renders provision for effectively tailoring the mechanical properties of the material by reinforcing the particulates of different ceramic materials at varying propositions. Although there are wide ranges of ceramic materials that could be potentially reinforced into A356 aluminium alloys, this paper exclusively reviews on SiC particulate reinforced A356 alloy composites and also its hybrid composites fabricated by strir casting method. This paper brings out the researches performed with A356/SiC composites under various experiment conditions to make this aluminium alloy available for other wide applications.

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An Assessment of Utilizing Natural Fibers for the Development of High-Performance Fiber Hybrid Composites for Mechanical and Fracture Toughness Properties

Indian Journal of Science and Technology ◽

10.17485/ijst/v14i24.762 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (24) ◽

pp. 1993-2004

Author(s):

Anant Joshi ◽

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P S Shivakumar Gouda ◽

I Sridhar ◽

Jyoti V Vastrad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fracture Toughness ◽

High Performance ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Natural Fibers ◽

High Performance Fiber

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Biopolyamide hybrid composites for high performance applications

Journal of Applied Polymer Science ◽

10.1002/app.43595 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 133 (27) ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Shaghayegh Armioun ◽

Suhara Panthapulakkal ◽

Johannes Scheel ◽

Jimi Tjong ◽

Mohini Sain

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Hybrid Composites

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High-performance polymer composites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties from cyanate ester/benzoxazine resin and short Kevlar/glass hybrid fibers

High Performance Polymers ◽

10.1177/0954008318793181 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (6) ◽

pp. 719-732 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Abdeldjalil Zegaoui ◽

Mehdi Derradji ◽

Abdul Qadeer Dayo ◽

Aboubakr Medjahed ◽

Hui-yan Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thermal Properties ◽

High Performance ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Glass Fibers ◽

Functional Materials ◽

Polymeric Materials ◽

Cyanate Ester ◽

Resin Matrix ◽

Mechanical And Thermal Properties ◽

Hybrid Fibers

The investigation and design of new polymeric materials with an astonishing combination of properties are nowadays of great importance to facilitate the manufacturing process of high-quality products intended to be utilized in different applications and technical fields. For this intent, novel high-performance blend composites composed of the cyanate ester/benzoxazine resin blend reinforced by different proportions of silane-surface modified Kevlar and glass fibers were successfully fabricated by a compression molding technique and characterized by different experimental tests. The mechanical test results revealed that the bending and impact strength properties were considerably improved when increasing the amount of the hybrid fibers. The studied materials also presented excellent thermal stabilities as compared to the unfilled blend’s properties. With respect to the properties of the reinforcing systems, these improvements seen in either the mechanical or thermal properties could be due to the good dispersion as well as excellent adhesion of the reinforcing fibers inside the resin matrix, which were further evidenced by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy results. Consequently, the improved mechanical and thermal properties promote the use of the fabricated hybrid composites in domestic and industrial applications requiring functional materials with advanced properties for aerospace and military applications.

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Development of Prosopis juliflora carbon-reinforced PET bottle waste-based epoxy-blended bio-phenolic benzoxazine composites for advanced applications

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c9ra08741a ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 5656-5665 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

V. Selvaraj ◽

T. R. Raghavarshini ◽

M. Alagar

Keyword(s):

Epoxy Resin ◽

High Performance ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Prosopis Juliflora ◽

Schematic Representation ◽

Advanced Applications

Schematic representation of development of functionalised Prosopis juliflora carbon (f-PJC) reinforced PET-epoxy resin (PETEP) blended bio-phenolic (cardanol) based benzoxazine (CBz) hybrid composites for high performance applications.

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Reclaimed Carbon and Flax Fibre Composites: Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties

Recycling ◽

10.3390/recycling3040052 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 52 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Marco Longana ◽

Vaclav Ondra ◽

HaNa Yu ◽

Kevin Potter ◽

Ian Hamerton

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

High Performance ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Composites Manufacturing ◽

Flax Fibres ◽

Vibrational Response ◽

Hydrophilic Nature ◽

Viable Solution ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Noise Vibration

The feasibility of using the HiPerDiF (high performance discontinuous fibre) method to manufacture highly aligned discontinuous fibres intermingled hybrid composites with flax and reclaimed carbon fibres (rCF), and the potential benefits of so doing, are investigated in this paper. It is demonstrated that, despite their hydrophilic nature, flax fibres are not affected by this water-based process. Intermingled flax/rCF hybrid composites are characterised in terms of their tensile and vibrational response. It is concluded that natural/rCF fibre hybrid composites can be a viable solution for those applications where a reduction in primary mechanical properties, e.g., stiffness and strength, is an acceptable trade-off for the enhancement of secondary properties, e.g., noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) mitigation, and the reduction of monetary costs.

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