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Interlaminar mechanical properties of nano- and short-aramid fiber reinforced glass fiber-aluminum laminates: a comparative study

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Delamination damages limit the application potential of Fiber metal laminates, hence improving the interlaminar mechanical properties has always been a research focus and challenge in this field. The toughening effect of two fillers, i.e., nano-aramid fibers (ANFs) and short-aramid fibers (ASFs), which are used at the interface of glass fiber-aluminum laminates, have been investigated. Chemical pretreatments of aluminum alloy surface were conducted to ensure the better adherence between the fiber composites and metal sheets. Results revealed that Mode-I and Mode-II fracture toughness of the laminates could be simultaneously improved when using the two fillers at the interface of glass fiber-aluminum laminates. Attributed to the better dispersion of ANFs in epoxy matrix, the toughening performance of ANFs is better than that of ASFs in this case. The mechanism of interlaminar toughening was revealed with electron microscopic observation of fracture morphology. Meanwhile, the finite element analysis based on bilinear cohesive zone model was adopted to predict the increased interlaminar tensile and shear strength.

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This work was supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Fund (Grant No.: U1864208, 11902053, and 11902056), National Science and Technology Major Project (2017-VII-0011-0106), Science and Technology Planning Project of Tianjin (20ZYJDJC00030), the Key Program of Research and Development of Hebei Province (202030507040009), the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of CQ CSTC (cstc2017jcyjBX0063), and the Fund for Innovative Research Groups of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (A2020202002).

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  1. College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng St, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400044, People’s Republic of China

    Xinyu Qi, Xiaopeng Wu, Youkun Gong, Huiming Ning, Feng Liu, Rui Zou, Shengbing Zhou, Zengrui Song & Chenxin Xiang

  2. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Heterogeneous Material Mechanics, Chongqing, 400044, People’s Republic of China

    Huiming Ning, Feng Liu, Rui Zou, Shengbing Zhou, Zengrui Song & Chenxin Xiang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Changsha, 410082, People’s Republic of China

    Huiming Ning, Feng Liu, Rui Zou, Shengbing Zhou, Zengrui Song & Chenxin Xiang

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300401, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Liu, Rui Zou, Shengbing Zhou, Zengrui Song, Chenxin Xiang & Ning Hu

  5. State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Liu, Rui Zou, Shengbing Zhou, Zengrui Song, Chenxin Xiang & Ning Hu

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Qi, X., Wu, X., Gong, Y. et al. Interlaminar mechanical properties of nano- and short-aramid fiber reinforced glass fiber-aluminum laminates: a comparative study. J Mater Sci 56, 12198–12211 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06003-z

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