| Abstrakt: |
In the present work, a generic experimental investigation procedure was developed on mechanical characterization and testing of carbon fabric/epoxy material under uniaxial tensile loading condition. In this study, using IR Thermographic NDT, the defects are identified by measuring changes in temperature online during testing and by taking temperature contour images on the surface of the composite samples. The unidirectional elastic properties such as tensile modulus, in-plane shear modulus, Poisson's ratio, and strength parameter like ultimate tensile strength, shear strength are reported. The estimated mechanical properties of carbon fabric/epoxy composite were statistically analysed in this work using the Weibull distribution. In addition, emphasis on the microstructural investigation using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is given, in order to study the fracture mechanism of the carbon fabric/epoxy composite under uniaxial tensile loading. The failure surfaces of the tensile tested carbon fabric/epoxy specimens were examined by SEM and the detailed fracture process such as matrix cracking, fiber pull outs and delamination are observed and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
