کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1466347 | 990055 | 2012 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
One promising approach to improving fracture toughness is interleaved toughening. Past observations of toughened particles have typically been conducted using the optical microscope; however, such an approach may not be able to provide a 3-D, birds-eye view of how the toughened particles are distributed on a composite interlaminar surface. In this paper, we developed a simple yet novel optical technique for observing global particle distribution on a composite laminate surface. IM7/8551-7, a material used for the fan blades of the GE90, the world’s most powerful commercial aircraft jet engine, was used to demonstrate the strength of our optical technique, which produces high-quality morphological information. High-GIC laminate had more uniform and denser particle distribution with a smaller particle size, whereas low-GIC laminate had larger, but far less toughened particles. The same optical technique can also be used on other particle-toughened composite systems.
Journal: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing - Volume 43, Issue 9, September 2012, Pages 1523–1529