Abstract
Self-healing is receiving an increasing amount of interest worldwide as a method to address damage in materials. In particular, for advanced high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials, self-healing offers an alternative to employing conservative damage-tolerant designs and a mechanism for ameliorating inaccessible and invidious internal damage within a structure. This article considers in some detail the various self-healing technologies currently being developed for FRP composite materials. Key constraints for incorporating such a function in FRPs are that it not be detrimental to inherent mechanical properties and that it not impose a severe weight penalty.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
M.O.W. Richardson, M.J. Wisheart, Composites A 27A, 1123 (1996).
R.S. Trask, “Damage Tolerance of Repair Composite Sandwich Structures,” PhD thesis, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (2005).
E. Greenhalgh, M. Hiley, Composites A 34, 151 (2003).
A.D. Kelkar, J.S. Tate, R. Bolick, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 132, 79 (2006).
D.D.R. Cartie, G. Dell’Anno, E. Poulin, I.K. Partridge, Eng. Fract. Mech. 73, 2532 (2006).
R.S. Trask, H.R. Williams, I.P. Bond, Bioinspired Biomim. 2, 1 (2007).
M. Zako, N. Takano, J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. 10 (10), 836 (1999).
S.A. Hayes, F.R. Jones, K. Marshiya, W. Zhang, Composites A 38 (4), 1116 (2007).1
S.A. Hayes, W. Zhang, M. Branthwaite, F.R. Jones, J. R. Soc. Interface 4 (13), 381 (2007).
N. Kwok, H.T. Hahn, J. Compos. Mater. 41 (13), 1635 (2007).
T.A. Plaisted, C. Santos, A.V. Amirkhizi, S.C. Nemat-Nasser, S. Nemat-Nasser, in Proc. SPIE Vol. 5054 Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, E.H. Anderson, Ed. (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), p. 372.
X. Chen, M.A. Dam, K. Ono, A.K. Mal, H. Shen, S.R. Nutt, K. Sheran, F. Wudl, Science 295, 1698 (2002).
X. Chen, F. Wudl, A.K. Mal, H. Shen, S.R. Nutt, Macromolecules 36 (6), 1802 (2003).
S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, J. Moore, P. Geubelle, M. Kessler, E. Brown, S. Suresh, S. Viswanathan, Nature 409 (6822), 794 (2001).
M.R. Kessler, S.R. White, Composites A 32 (5), 683 (2001).
M.R. Kessler, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, Composites A 34 (8), 743 (2003).
B. Blaiszik, S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, Compos. Sci. Technol. 68, 978 (2008).
J.D. Rule, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, Polymer 48, 3520 (2007).
T. Yin, M.Z. Rong, M.Q. Zhang, G.C. Yang, Compos. Sci. Technol. 67 (2), 201 (2007).
T. Yin, L. Zhou, M.Z. Rong, M.Q. Zhang, Smart Mater. Struct. 17, 8 (2008).
C. Dry, Compos. Struct. 35 (3), 263 (1996).
M. Motuku, U.K. Vaidya, G.M. Janowski, Smart Mater. Struct. 8 (5), 623 (1999).
S.M. Bleay, C.B. Loader, V.J. Hawyes, L. Humberstone, P.T. Curtis, Composites A 32 (12), 1767 (2001).
J.W.C. Pang, I.P. Bond, Compos. Sci. Technol. 65 (11–12), 1791 (2005).
J.W.C. Pang, I.P. Bond, Composites A 36 (2), 183 (2005).
R.S. Trask, G.J. Williams, I.P. Bond, J. R. Soc. Interface 4 (13), 363 (2007).
G. Williams, R. Trask, I. Bond, Composites A 38 (6), 1525 (2007).
G. Williams, R. Trask, I. Bond, in Proc. 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference (AIAA-2007-2033, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23–26 April 2007).
H.R. Williams, R.S. Trask, I.P. Bond, Smart Mater. Struct. 16 (4), 1198 (2007).
I.H. Kalfas, Neurosurg. Focus 10, 1 (2001).
P. Fratzl, J. R. Soc. Interface 4, 637 (2007).
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bond, I.P., Trask, R.S. & Williams, H.R. Self-Healing Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites. MRS Bulletin 33, 770–774 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2008.164
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2008.164