Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers
For the first time, micro-scale digital image correlation (μDIC) is investigated for measurement of strain fields in hierarchical fiber-reinforced composites. The methodology is developed on an exemplary alumina fiber/epoxy composite laminate with aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) grown on fibers. U...
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| author | Mehdikhani, Mahoor Matveeva, Anna Lomov, Stepan V. Gorbatikh, Larissa Aravand, Mohammadali Wardle, Brian L |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Mehdikhani, Mahoor Matveeva, Anna Lomov, Stepan V. Gorbatikh, Larissa Aravand, Mohammadali Wardle, Brian L |
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| description | For the first time, micro-scale digital image correlation (μDIC) is investigated for measurement of strain fields in hierarchical fiber-reinforced composites. The methodology is developed on an exemplary alumina fiber/epoxy composite laminate with aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) grown on fibers. Utilizing environmental scanning electron microscopy and nano-scale random speckle patterns, sufficient precision is achieved to detect the influence of the A-CNTs on the deformation field around the fibers. Debonded regions at the fiber/matrix interface with openings as small as 35 nm could be detected. μDIC could identify the propagation of the debonded region based on the non-linear increase of the opening. The image correlation uncertainty in the displacement analysis is estimated to be below 5 nm. The experimental results are validated by computational analysis performed on the region of interest. For this, an advanced model with two scales of reinforcement (microscopic fibers and nanotubes) and boundary conditions taken from the experiment is used. As verified by the model, A-CNTs are found to constrain matrix deformation in their longitudinal direction. Keywords: Digital image correlation (DIC);
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Finite element analysis (FEA) |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1148272022-10-01T12:36:57Z Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers Mehdikhani, Mahoor Matveeva, Anna Lomov, Stepan V. Gorbatikh, Larissa Aravand, Mohammadali Wardle, Brian L Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aravand, Mohammadali Wardle, Brian L For the first time, micro-scale digital image correlation (μDIC) is investigated for measurement of strain fields in hierarchical fiber-reinforced composites. The methodology is developed on an exemplary alumina fiber/epoxy composite laminate with aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) grown on fibers. Utilizing environmental scanning electron microscopy and nano-scale random speckle patterns, sufficient precision is achieved to detect the influence of the A-CNTs on the deformation field around the fibers. Debonded regions at the fiber/matrix interface with openings as small as 35 nm could be detected. μDIC could identify the propagation of the debonded region based on the non-linear increase of the opening. The image correlation uncertainty in the displacement analysis is estimated to be below 5 nm. The experimental results are validated by computational analysis performed on the region of interest. For this, an advanced model with two scales of reinforcement (microscopic fibers and nanotubes) and boundary conditions taken from the experiment is used. As verified by the model, A-CNTs are found to constrain matrix deformation in their longitudinal direction. Keywords: Digital image correlation (DIC); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Finite element analysis (FEA) 2018-04-20T19:32:07Z 2018-04-20T19:32:07Z 2016-10 2016-10 2018-04-20T12:09:13Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0266-3538 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114827 Mehdikhani, Mahoor et al. “Strain Mapping at the Micro-Scale in Hierarchical Polymer Composites with Aligned Carbon Nanotube Grafted Fibers.” Composites Science and Technology 137 (December 2016): 24–34 © 2016 Elsevier Ltd https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-5819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPSCITECH.2016.10.021 Composites Science and Technology Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Other repository |
| spellingShingle | Mehdikhani, Mahoor Matveeva, Anna Lomov, Stepan V. Gorbatikh, Larissa Aravand, Mohammadali Wardle, Brian L Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title | Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title_full | Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title_fullStr | Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title_short | Strain mapping at the micro-scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| title_sort | strain mapping at the micro scale in hierarchical polymer composites with aligned carbon nanotube grafted fibers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114827 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-5819 |
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