Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves

The present paper investigates how the presence of nanofiber interleaves affects the compressibility of the layup during manufacturing of the composites and hence determining the theoretically attainable fiber volume fraction at the given processing pressure. The results show that up to the interlea...

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Main Authors: S. V. Lomov, K. Molnar
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Language:English
Published: Budapest University of Technology and Economics 2016-01-01
Series:eXPRESS Polymer Letters
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Online Access:http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0006210&mi=cd
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description The present paper investigates how the presence of nanofiber interleaves affects the compressibility of the layup during manufacturing of the composites and hence determining the theoretically attainable fiber volume fraction at the given processing pressure. The results show that up to the interleave areal density of 10 g/m2 per nanofiber layer the decrease of fiber volume fraction does not exceed 3% for a laminate of carbon fiber woven fabric. Interleaves inside a fabric laminate are more compressible than a plain electrospun veil. It can be explained as the nanofibers penetrate between the carbon fibers when applying compression during composite manufacturing. It can be stated that there is a strong interference between the interleaves and the carbon reinforcement, which can lead to effective toughness improvement of the composite without significant alteration of fiber volume content.
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spelling doaj-art-6ff7b5bf04e044b2be501154ca68a85e2025-08-20T03:33:42ZengBudapest University of Technology and EconomicseXPRESS Polymer Letters1788-618X2016-01-01101253510.3144/expresspolymlett.2016.4Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleavesS. V. LomovK. MolnarThe present paper investigates how the presence of nanofiber interleaves affects the compressibility of the layup during manufacturing of the composites and hence determining the theoretically attainable fiber volume fraction at the given processing pressure. The results show that up to the interleave areal density of 10 g/m2 per nanofiber layer the decrease of fiber volume fraction does not exceed 3% for a laminate of carbon fiber woven fabric. Interleaves inside a fabric laminate are more compressible than a plain electrospun veil. It can be explained as the nanofibers penetrate between the carbon fibers when applying compression during composite manufacturing. It can be stated that there is a strong interference between the interleaves and the carbon reinforcement, which can lead to effective toughness improvement of the composite without significant alteration of fiber volume content.http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0006210&mi=cdPolymer compositesneedleless electrospinningcarbon fibernanofibercompressibility
spellingShingle S. V. Lomov
K. Molnar
Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Polymer composites
needleless electrospinning
carbon fiber
nanofiber
compressibility
title Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
title_full Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
title_fullStr Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
title_full_unstemmed Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
title_short Compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun PAN nanofibrous interleaves
title_sort compressibility of carbon fabrics with needleless electrospun pan nanofibrous interleaves
topic Polymer composites
needleless electrospinning
carbon fiber
nanofiber
compressibility
url http://www.expresspolymlett.com/letolt.php?file=EPL-0006210&mi=cd
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