Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams
Sandwich structures fabricated from an aluminium skinned foam enclosed within a carbon fibre reinforced composite structure have the potential application for high-performance on- and off-road automotive vehicles. The deformations and failure of these types of structures are presented, and results i...
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| description | Sandwich structures fabricated from an aluminium skinned foam enclosed within a carbon fibre reinforced composite structure have the potential application for high-performance on- and off-road automotive vehicles. The deformations and failure of these types of structures are presented, and results indicate that the application of aluminium face sheets with aluminium foam (AF) aids to prevent the delamination of the outer layers of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP). The load carrying capacity has been increased by utilising a manufacturing method to maintain the adhesion between the core and the skins until the failure stage is reached. The core shear and de-bonded issue associated with this type of sandwich structure can be addressed by this manufacture method. The peak average flexure load capacity of an aluminium foam sandwich structure (AFSS) with a completely wrapped around CFRP skin was 2800 N with a mass of 191 g. This compares favourably with previously used AFSS without the skins, which had a peak average load of 600 N and a mass of 125 g. An initial finite element model for comparison purposes has been developed to represent the structure’s behaviour and predict the associated failure loads. It is proposed that CFRP wrapped around AFSS enhances the structural performance without significant weight gain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10c51d88835b4c3f95009c07311e064e2023-11-30T22:49:46ZengMDPI AGJournal of Composites Science2504-477X2022-09-0161028810.3390/jcs6100288Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam BeamsZhizheng Zhang0Peter Myler1Erping Zhou2Ruifeng Zhou3School of Engineering, University of Bolton, Deane Rd, Bolton BL3 5AB, UKSchool of Engineering, University of Bolton, Deane Rd, Bolton BL3 5AB, UKSchool of Engineering, University of Bolton, Deane Rd, Bolton BL3 5AB, UKSchool of Engineering, University of Warwick, Warwick CV4 7AL, UKSandwich structures fabricated from an aluminium skinned foam enclosed within a carbon fibre reinforced composite structure have the potential application for high-performance on- and off-road automotive vehicles. The deformations and failure of these types of structures are presented, and results indicate that the application of aluminium face sheets with aluminium foam (AF) aids to prevent the delamination of the outer layers of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP). The load carrying capacity has been increased by utilising a manufacturing method to maintain the adhesion between the core and the skins until the failure stage is reached. The core shear and de-bonded issue associated with this type of sandwich structure can be addressed by this manufacture method. The peak average flexure load capacity of an aluminium foam sandwich structure (AFSS) with a completely wrapped around CFRP skin was 2800 N with a mass of 191 g. This compares favourably with previously used AFSS without the skins, which had a peak average load of 600 N and a mass of 125 g. An initial finite element model for comparison purposes has been developed to represent the structure’s behaviour and predict the associated failure loads. It is proposed that CFRP wrapped around AFSS enhances the structural performance without significant weight gain.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/6/10/288compositessandwich structures aluminium foamautomotive materials |
| spellingShingle | Zhizheng Zhang Peter Myler Erping Zhou Ruifeng Zhou Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams Journal of Composites Science composites sandwich structures aluminium foam automotive materials |
| title | Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams |
| title_full | Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams |
| title_fullStr | Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams |
| title_short | Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Wrapped Aluminium Foam Beams |
| title_sort | strength and deformation characteristics of carbon fibre reinforced composite wrapped aluminium foam beams |
| topic | composites sandwich structures aluminium foam automotive materials |
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