Development of pseudo-ductile hybrid composites with discontinuous carbon- and continuous glass prepregs

Gergely Czél, Meisam Jalalvand, Michael R. Wisnom

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

11 Citations (Scopus)
239 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Sandwich (layer-by-layer) type hybridisation is a promising method to overcome the brittle and usually catastrophic failure of conventional composites. The new concept of combining discontinuous and continuous layers to improve the performance of hybrid composites is presented. The paper reports on the pseudo-ductility demonstrated with unidirectional discontinuous carbon/continuous glass sandwich hybrid composites. The stress-strain response of the new material architecture was analysed, and the pseudo yield strains of various specimen configurations were accurately predicted using an approach based on mode II energy release rate calculations. The effect of specimen thickness and carbon platelet length on the stress-strain response was studied and presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECCM16 - 16th European Conference on Composite Materials
Subtitle of host publicationSeville, Spain, 22-26 June 2014
PublisherEuropean Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)978-000000000-2
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2014
Event16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014 - Seville, Spain
Duration: 22 Jun 201426 Jun 2014

Conference

Conference16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySeville
Period22/06/1426/06/14

Keywords

  • Ductility
  • Hybrid
  • Discontinuous

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Development of pseudo-ductile hybrid composites with discontinuous carbon- and continuous glass prepregs'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • HiPerDuCT - Programme Grant - Full Proposal

    Bond, I. P. (Co-Principal Investigator), Etches, J. A. (Researcher), McAlpine, H. C. (Manager), Potter, K. D. (Co-Principal Investigator), Weaver, P. M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Bismarck, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Shaffer, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Wisnom, M. R. (Principal Investigator)

    1/07/1130/06/18

    Project: Research

Cite this