Investigation of Flexure Strength on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy (CFRE) for Aircraft Panel

Abstract:

Failure behaviour of aircraft sandwich panels under bending load has been investigated in this study. Three-points bending test was performed to the specimens with various span-to-thickness (S/d) ratios 32, 40, and 60. Testing method and dimension of specimens were adhering to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D-790M. Deflection and energy absorption of the sandwich panels was characterized by specific span-to-thickness (S/d) ratios. It was found that specimen with S/d of 40 has the steepest slope in stress-strain curve and specimen with S/d of 32 has the highest flexure strength, 831MPa. The flexure strength decreases with the increasing of span-to-thickness ratio. The result shows that the increasing of the span-to-thickness ratio increased the crack length at the lowest maximum bending stress, 636 MPa. The results suggest that the performance of the Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy (CFRE) composites is strongly influenced by the crack length.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 786)
• Pages: 79-83
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.786.79
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: A.R. Syayuthi, Haftirman Haftirman, K.S. Basaruddin, M.S. Abdul Manan
• Keywords: Bending Test, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy, Failure Behaviour, Span Length

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