Recycled carbon fiber layering orientation optimization and its performance of composites
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摘要: 回收得到的再生碳纤维(RCF)多为蓬松杂乱的短纤维束,基于湿法纤维取向技术可对其重新取向。传统纤维增强复合材料通常将纤维沿单向铺层,对开孔制件难以完全发挥纤维的增益效果,通过纤维曲线铺层可以提高复合材料的结构性能。本文通过设计纤维分散实验,研究了一定RCF含量与不同浓度羟乙基纤维素(HEC)的最佳配置参数。利用自行搭建的纤维取向路径可调控装置,将制备的分散液铺放得到不同轨迹和形状的纤维毡,基于二维快速傅里叶变换(2D FFT)评价RCF的取向效果。通过模压成型制备RCF/环氧树脂(EP)复合材料开孔试样,分析了不同铺层路径对开孔试样承载能力的影响。结果表明:当6 mm RCF含量为6 g/L时,最佳HEC浓度为14 g/L;按曲线路径制备的开孔试样有效减少开孔处的应力集中,较无序路径和水平路径开孔试样,极限载荷分别提高了69.5%、35.9%。研究拓宽了RCF/EP复合材料结构的设计自由度,为实现RCF材料的高性能再利用提供了参考。Abstract: Recycled carbon fibers (RCF) are mostly fluffy and disorganized short fiber bundles, which can be reoriented based on wet fiber orientation technology. Conventional fiber-reinforced composites are usually layered with fibers in a unidirectional direction, which makes it difficult to fully utilize the gain effect of the fibers on open-hole parts, but the structural properties of the composites can be improved by curved layups of the fibers. The optimal configuration parameters of certain RCF content with different concentrations of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) were investigated by designing fiber dispersion experiments. Using the self-constructed fiber orientation path control device, the prepared dispersion was spread to obtain fiber mats with different trajectories and shapes, and the orientation effect of RCF was evaluated based on a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform (2D FFT). The open-hole specimens of RCF/epoxy resin (EP) composites were prepared by molding, and the effects of different layup paths on the load-bearing capacity of the open-hole specimens were analyzed. The results show that the optimal HEC concentration is 14 g/L when the 6 mm RCF content is 6 g/L. The open-hole specimens prepared according to the curved path effectively reduce the stress concentration at the open hole, and the ultimate load is increased by 69.5% and 35.9% compared with the open-hole specimens prepared according to the unordered path and the horizontal path, respectively. The study broadens the design freedom of RCF/EP composite structures and provides a reference for realizing high-performance reuse of RCF.
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Key words:
- recycled carbon fiber /
- fiber orientation /
- path programming /
- reuse /
- mechanical property
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表 1 不同纤维角归一化取向值
Table 1. Normalized orientation values of different angles
Fiber angle/(°) Summed pixel intensity Minimum pixel intensity Normalized pixel intensity 2D FFT alignment value 0 87841.75 1.320618 0.320618 1 85998.94 1.292913 0.292913 2 82924.78 1.246696 0.246696 3 81181.90 1.220494 0.220494 ··· ··· 66515.63 ··· ··· 178 88437.30 1.329572 0.329572 179 88464.48 1.329980 0.329980 180 88385.25 1.328789 0.328789 181 86827.31 1.305367 0.305367 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 表 2 RCF/EP复合材料三点弯曲试验的测试结果和标准差
Table 2. Test results and standard deviation of the three-point bending test of RCF/EP composites
Specimen 1 Specimen 2 Specimen 3 σ F1/N 331.466 317.465 351.385 13.918 F2/N 238.113 254.242 243.695 6.688 F3/N 134.331 126.611 123.841 4.439 F4/N 182.621 209.595 197.895 11.044 Notes: F1, F2, F3 and F4 represent the ultimate loads for the curved path, horizontal path, vertical path and unordered path specimens, respectively; σ—Standard deviation. -
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