Polymers and Polymer Composites

HEALING CARBON FIBER/POLYMER INTERFACE BY RESISTIVE HEATING

March 1, 2014 By: Rongguo Wang; Zhenxing Cao; Lifeng Hao; Weicheng Jiao; Fan Yang; Wenbo Liu Research article

Title: HEALING CARBON FIBER/POLYMER INTERFACE BY RESISTIVE HEATING
Page Range: p.337-340
Author(s): Rongguo Wang; Zhenxing Cao; Lifeng Hao; Weicheng Jiao; Fan Yang; Wenbo Liu
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 22
Issue No: No. 3

Abstract
Interface is the key region which determines, to a great extent, the set of properties of all heterogeneous systems, including composite materials. We reported interface healing of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite material via resistive heating. The carbon fibre, T700 carbon fibre, with a resistivity of 1.66 x 10-3 -(.)cm was used as the heating element while the matrix is polyarylether sulphone with cardo. Micro-droplet experiment was used to study the interface strength before and after heating to determine the healing efficiency. The measurement shows (experimental results show) that resistive heating is an efficient way to heal cracks near interface. 8 Refs.


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