FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH 3-DIMENSIONAL WOVEN FABRIC


KARAHAN M., Lomov S., Bogdanovich A. E., Verpoest I.

PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES-PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITESI MUHENDISLIK BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.19, sa.7, ss.310-318, 2013 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

This paper reports results of study of fatigue behavior of a non-crimp 3-dimensional woven carbon/epoxy composite in tension-tension fatigue. Infinite fatigue life limit corresponds to the load of 27.5 kN for fill direction. The damage under fatigue loading starts and develops from intersection of z-yarns and fill yarns. Since the z-yarns bonded the yarn layers, it is not seen the delaminastion damages. This indicate that for load carrying capacity and stiffness of 3-dimensional composites better than classic 2-dimensional textile composites.