Abstract
Polymeric matrix composites are susceptible to degradation and material properties changes if subjected to low-temperature environmental conditions. This paper attempts to present a study on effective coefficient of thermal expansion for various hybrid carbon fibers/glass fibers polymeric composite structures previously subjected to low-temperature environmental conditioning. The hybrid composite architectures were made from various layers of glass mat and/or glass woven embedded along with layers of unidirectional carbon fibers into a polymeric matrix. The samples were preconditioned to a low-temperature environment at a constant temperature of −35 °C for 1-week long, 24 h/day. The instantaneous CTE and thermal strain fields were recorded with a DIL 402 PC/1 dilatometer from Netzsch GmbH (Germany) by setting a monotonically linear rise of temperature from 20 to 250 °C, at a rate of 1 °C min−1. The experimentally retrieved data were compared with the values obtained by running a micromechanical-based approach simulation on a representative volume element.
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Abbreviations
- E :
-
Elastic (Young’s) modulus
- ν:
-
Poisson ratio
- V :
-
Volume fraction
- c:
-
Composite
- m:
-
Matrix phase
- f:
-
Fiber
- L:
-
Longitudinal direction
- T:
-
Transversal direction
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Motoc, D.L., Ivens, J. & Dadirlat, N. Coefficient of thermal expansion evolution for cryogenic preconditioned hybrid carbon fiber/glass fiber-reinforced polymeric composite materials. J Therm Anal Calorim 112, 1245–1251 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2560-7
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