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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2019.32.1.078

Long-Term Performance Prediction of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer  

Cha, Jae Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National University of Technology)
Yoon, Sung Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National University of Technology)
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Composites Research / v.32, no.1, 2019 , pp. 78-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study focused on the prediction of the long-term performance of carbon fiber/epoxy composites using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) and Time-Temperature Superposition (TTS). Single-frequency test, multi-frequency test, and creep TTS test were performed. A sinusoidal load of $20{\mu}m$ amplitude was applied while increasing the temperature from $-30^{\circ}C$ to $240^{\circ}C$ at $2^{\circ}C/min$ for the single-frequency test and the multi-frequency test. The frequencies applied to the multi-frequency test were 0.316, 1, 3.16, 10 and 31.6 Hz. In the creep TTS test, a stress of 15 MPa was applied for 10 minutes at every $10^{\circ}C$ from $-30^{\circ}C$ to $230^{\circ}C$. The glass transition temperature was determined by single-frequency test. The activation energy and the storage modulus curve for each temperature were obtained from glass transition temperature for each frequency by the multi-frequency test. The master curve for the reference temperature was obtained by applying the shift factor using the Arrhenius equation. Also, TTS test was used to obtain the creep compliance curves for each temperature and the master curve for the reference temperature by applying the shift factors using the manual shift technique. The master curve obtained through this process can be applied to predict the long-term performance of carbon fiber/epoxy composites for a given environmental condition.
Keywords
Dynamic mechanical analyzer; Time-temperature superposition; Shift factor; Master curve; Carbon fiber/epoxy composite; Long-term performance;
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