Residual stress reduction during composite manufacturing through cure modification: In situ analysis
Residual stress reduction during composite manufacturing through cure modification: In situ analysis
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DOI:
10.1177/00219983211066545
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发表时间:
2022-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
S. Chava;S. Namilae;M. Al-Haik
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作者:
S. Chava;S. Namilae;M. Al-Haik
Residual stresses are detrimental to composite structures as they induce processing defects like debonding, delamination, and matrix cracking which significantly decrease their load-bearing capability. In this research, a new in-situ approach using digital image correlation is utilized to analyze the effect of the cure cycle modification on residual stress evolution during processing. It was found that the modified cure cycle comprising abrupt cooling after gelation reduces the residual stresses. Five different layup configurations are investigated to examine the effect of fiber direction. A maximum average residual stress reduction of 31.8% is observed for the balanced unsymmetric [30/-30/60/-60] laminate. The residual stress reduction results in an increase in failure strength between 4 and 12% in the different layups and can lead up to a 22% increase in first-ply failure strength.