Effect of thermal cycling on the tensile behavior of Cf/Al fiber metal laminates

The objective of this research work was to estimate the effect of thermal cycling on the tensile behavior of CARALL composites. Fiber metal laminates (FMLs), based on 2D woven carbon fabric and 2024-T3 Alclad aluminum alloy sheet were manufactured by pressure molding technique followed by hand layup method. Before fabrication, aluminum sheets were anodized with phosphoric acid to produce a micro porous alumina layer on surface. This microporous layer is beneficial to produce a strong bond between the metal and fiber surfaces in FMLs. The effect of thermal cycling (-65 to +70ºC) on the tensile behavior of Cf/Al based FML was studied. Tensile strength was increased after 10 thermal cycles, but it was decreased slightly to some extent after 30 and 50 thermal cycles. Tensile modulus also show similar behavior as that of tensile strength.

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017)