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The Effect of Self-Healing Agent Fraction on CFRP Mechanical Behavior: Statistical Analysis Approach

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The self-healing application in structural composites aims to recover component properties, control damage propagation, and increase component life. In this way, this study proposes to characterize and predict the inter-laminar shear behavior of polymer composites (5HS carbon/epoxy) with different fractions of self-healing agent. In addition, this work aims to measure the influence of self-healing content on the mechanical response. The ANOVA evidenced that the healing agent fraction influences on mechanical properties more than the internal dispersion for the same laminate before the healing cycle. Weibull distribution evidenced a linear decrease in shear stresses for higher EMAA (poly(ethylene-co-methacrylic acid)) content, regarding stiffness decrease as a response to ductile thermoplastic behavior. Ineffective healing effects were observed for the translaminar and intra-laminar damage, once most particles were concentrated in inter-laminar sections. However, the healing efficiency reached an average of 62% for shear stress and 106% for toughness behavior, provided by the closing shear cracks, i.e., up to 57% of reduced area related to the initial crack size. The predictive approach before and after healing action in the mechanical behavior provides the appropriate self-healing level to meet the specific project requirements, thus saving time and cost.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP Grant no: 2017/10606-4; 2020/09422-9), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES finance code 001), and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

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FAPESP,2017/10606-4, Francisco Monticeli, 2021/05706-5,Francisco Monticeli,2019/04412-8, Maria Odila Hilário Cioffi, 2020/09422-9, Yuri Pereira Chuves, CAPES, 001.

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  1. Department of Materials and Technology, São Paulo State University, Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil

    Yuri Pereira Chuves, Herman Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald & Maria Odila Hilário Cioffi

  2. Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering Division, Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), São José Dos Campos, Brazil

    Francisco Maciel Monticeli

  3. Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Allana Azevedo do Nascimento & Ana Paula Cysne Barbosa

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Chuves, Y.P., Monticeli, F.M., do Nascimento, A.A. et al. The Effect of Self-Healing Agent Fraction on CFRP Mechanical Behavior: Statistical Analysis Approach. Fibers Polym 24, 729–740 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00103-0

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