Impact Behaviour of Hybrid Carbon Fibre Composites Reinforced with Silica Micro- and Functionalized Nanoparticles

Abstract:

This work investigates the effect of silica nanoparticles functionalized with poly-diallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDDA) and silica microparticle inclusions (1.0 wt% and 3.5 wt%) on the impact resistance of hybrid carbon fibre reinforced composite laminates (HCFRCs) and tensile modulus of particle reinforced polymers (PRPs) via Full-Factorial Design of Experiments. The data were analysed with Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The inclusion of particles led to reduced impact absorption of HCFRCs, except for composites with 1.0 wt% of silica in microscale, which provides an increase of 11.75% in the impact resistance. Microstructural analysis of fractured impact samples revealed pull-out as the predominant fracture mode in 1.0 wt% silica microparticle composites. Such mechanism leads to impact energy dissipation which may explain the increased impact resistance of these samples.

• Periodical: Nano Hybrids and Composites (Volume 21)
• Pages: 1-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/NHC.21.1
• Online since: June 2018
• Authors: Júlio Cesar dos Santos, Luciano Machado Gomes Vieira, Túlio Hallak Panzera*, Rodrigo Teixeira Santos Freire, André Luis Christoforo, Fabrizio Scarpa
• Keywords: Hybrid Composite, Microparticles, Nanoparticles, PDDA, Silica

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