EFFECTS OF A NANOMATERIAL-TOUGHENED INTERPHASE IN CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE

摘要

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites can suffer from trade-off properties,rnresponsible by not only the fibers and the polymer but also interfacial regions between them.rnIn such a case, a compromise among the related properties of a desired part is often sought.rnThis might render part designs inflexible. This paper introduces the application of arnnanomaterial-toughened interphase in a model CFRP composite, enabling simultaneousrnimprovements of many trade-off properties such as tensile strength, compression strength,rnflexural strength, interlaminar strength, and mode I fracture toughness of at least 10%. Thernresulting material has good potential for sporting goods applications.