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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2022.35.1.042

Study of Mechanical Properties and Porosity of Composites by Using Glass Fiber Felt  

Lee, Ji-Seok (Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University)
Yu, Myeong-Hyeon (Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Hak-Sung (Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Composites Research / v.35, no.1, 2022 , pp. 42-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, when the carbon fiber composite was manufactured, the correlation between the porosity and mechanical properties according to the number of glass fiber felts laminated together and the stacking sequence was confirmed. The carbon fiber composite was manufactured by stacking glass fiber felts, which are highly permeable materials, and using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). Porosity was measured by photographing the cross-section of the specimen with an optical microscope and then using porosity calculation code of MATLAB, and mechanical properties were measured for tensile strength, modulus by tensile test. Furthermore, Pearson correlation coefficient between porosity and mechanical properties was calculated to confirm the correlation between two variables. As a result, the number of glass fiber felt increased and the distance from the center of laminated composites increased, the porosity increasing were confirmed. In addition, tensile strength/modulus showed a weak positive correlation with porosity. Also, in order to confirm the effect of only porosity on tensile strength and modulus, mechanical properties calculated by CLPT (Classical Laminate Plate Theory) and experimental values were compared, and the difference in tensile strength showed a strong positive correlation with porosity and the difference in modulus showed a weak positive correlation with porosity.
Keywords
Carbon fiber composite; Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding, VARTM; Microscopic voids; Pearson correlation coefficient; Classical laminate plate theory;
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