土木工程应用中碳纤维/环氧树脂界面在环境影响下退化的分子模拟研究进展

Recent advances in understanding environmental effects on degradation of carbon fiber/epoxy matrix interface in civil engineering applications via molecular simulation

  • 摘要: 在土木工程领域,碳纤维增强复合材料 (CFRP) 由于有着优异的力学性能而被越来越多地用在建筑结构中。碳纤维与环氧树脂之间粘结界面的性能对于 CFRP 内部应力的有效传递极为关键,并很大程度上决定了复合材料的长期耐久性能。然而,纤维/树脂粘结界面易受到湿热、盐雾及海水等恶劣环境的侵蚀,导致界面脱粘及最终的复材破坏。为了确保复材的长期耐久性能,需要全面认识界面在环境侵蚀下的退化行为。分子动力学模拟可以“自底向上”地描述界面在环境侵蚀下的行为,有利于探究界面的退化和失效机制。本文综述了不同环境因素影响下碳纤维/环氧树脂界面退化的分子模拟研究进展,包括界面模型的建立,界面在潮湿、盐雾等环境中结构、性能的退化及其背后的机制。最后,提出了未来界面退化的研究方向,例如纤维/树脂粘结界面模型的进一步完善。

     

    Abstract: In civil engineering, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite has been increasingly used in building structures, due to its excellent mechanical properties. The interface between carbon fiber and epoxy matrix is critical for the stress transfer in the CFRP, which largely determines the long-term durability of composite material. However, the fiber/matrix interface is vulnerable to the hygrothermal and salt environment, which leads to the interfacial debonding and final composite failure. In consideration of the durability issue of composite material, the interfacial degradation between fiber and matrix under environmental effects should be fully understood. Molecular dynamics simulation can provide a bottom-up description of the fiber/matrix interface in the simulated environments, which contributes to the understanding of the interfacial degradation mechanism. In this work, the recent simulation progress in understanding the environmental effects on the degradation of carbon fiber/epoxy matrix interface from a nanoscale perspective was reviewed, including the development of the interface model, the degradation of the interfacial structure and properties in various environments such as wet and salt environment, and the underlying degradation mechanism. Meanwhile, future research direction involving further development of the fiber/matrix interface model was also provided.

     

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