Enhancement of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites Using Silk Fibroin Electrospun Nanofibers.

Autor: Manh, Cuong Vu, Choi, Hyoung Jin
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Zdroj: Polymer-Plastics Technology & Engineering; 2016, Vol. 55 Issue 10, p1048-1056, 9p
Abstrakt: In this article, the effect of silk fibroin nanofibers as a toughening agent of carbon fiber/fabric-reinforced epoxy composites is experimentally investigated. The composites showed up to 30% improvement in Mode II fracture toughness at 0.1 wt% of silk fibroin nanofibers content. The scanning electron microscopy observation revealed that the fracture surface of silk fibroin nanofibers modified carbon fiber/fabric-reinforced epoxy composites appearance of the broken fiber and the ductile-like matrix cracks showed a good adhesion between matrix resin and carbon fibers, which are reasons for the enhanced mode II interlaminar fracture toughness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index