BARC/PUB/2018/1049

 
 

Static and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Graphite Flake Filled Phenolic-Carbon Fabric Composites and Their Correlation With Interfacial Interaction Parameters

 
     
 
Author(s)

Ravindra Kumar; Kar, K. K.; Dasgupta, K.
(MG)

Source

Polymer Engineering and Science, 2018. Vol. 58 (11): pp. 1987-1998

ABSTRACT

The presented studies concern the effects of graphite flake (GF) on the properties of a specific and challenging type of composite, that is, phenolic-carbon fabric (PC) composites. This type of materials are commonly used in large scale, but the studies in this manuscript try to explain in detail the effects of graphite on the characteristics of composites. The results show that Young’s modulus exhibits increasing trend however tensile strength and interlaminar shear strength show decrement on increasing the GF content in the PC-GF composites. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) reveals that storage modulus (E’) increases by ~42% and ~139% upon addition of 10 and 40 wt% GF in the PC-GF composites, respectively.Loss modulus (E”) of the composites shows a drastic improvement (~145%) upon addition of only 10 wt% GF. Moreover, various interfacial interaction parameters such as entanglement density (N), reinforcement efficiency factor (r), C factor (the effectiveness of fillers on the modulus of the composites), interphase adhesion factor (A), and ‘b’ factor (fiber volume correction factor) of the composites are also evaluated using the data obtained from DMTA and correlated with mechanical properties of the composites.

 
 
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