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Strength and deformation characteristics of carbon fibre reinforced composite wrapped aluminium foam beams
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Zhang, Zhizheng, Myler, Peter, Zhou, Erping and Zhou, Ruifeng (2022) Strength and deformation characteristics of carbon fibre reinforced composite wrapped aluminium foam beams. Journal of Composites Science, 6 (10). 288. doi:10.3390/jcs6100288 ISSN 2504-477X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs6100288
Abstract
Sandwich structures fabricated from an aluminium skinned foam enclosed within a carbon fibre reinforced composite structure have the potential application for high-performance on- and off-road automotive vehicles. The deformations and failure of these types of structures are presented, and results indicate that the application of aluminium face sheets with aluminium foam (AF) aids to prevent the delamination of the outer layers of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP). The load carrying capacity has been increased by utilising a manufacturing method to maintain the adhesion between the core and the skins until the failure stage is reached. The core shear and de-bonded issue associated with this type of sandwich structure can be addressed by this manufacture method. The peak average flexure load capacity of an aluminium foam sandwich structure (AFSS) with a completely wrapped around CFRP skin was 2800 N with a mass of 191 g. This compares favourably with previously used AFSS without the skins, which had a peak average load of 600 N and a mass of 125 g. An initial finite element model for comparison purposes has been developed to represent the structure’s behaviour and predict the associated failure loads. It is proposed that CFRP wrapped around AFSS enhances the structural performance without significant weight gain.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Composite materials , Composite materials in automobiles, Sandwich construction, Automobiles -- Materials , Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Composites Science | ||||||
Publisher: | M D P I AG | ||||||
ISSN: | 2504-477X | ||||||
Official Date: | 29 September 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 6 | ||||||
Number: | 10 | ||||||
Article Number: | 288 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/jcs6100288 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 November 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 November 2022 |
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