A bespoke self-healing agent for residual strength improvement of bio-inspired composites

V. A. Imperiale*, I. P. Bond

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Self-repair via embedded liquid filled hollow fibres provides a biomimetic approach to increase damage resistance in FRPs. A bespoke epoxy based self-healing agent is proposed and its ability to restore mechanical properties in CFRP is investigated. The healing efficiency is measured as a recovery of the residual compression strength after impact.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009
Event17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-17 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 27 Jul 200931 Jul 2009

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-17
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period27/07/0931/07/09

Keywords

  • Crack arresting
  • Damage tolerance
  • Multifunctional composites
  • Self-healing agent
  • Strength recovery

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