A comparative
study on the interlaminar shear strength of carbon, glass, and
Kevlar fabric/epoxy laminates filled with SiC particles |
The present article investigates the
interlaminar shear strength of the woven carbon, glass, and
Kevlar fiber reinforced epoxy (CFRE, GFRE, and KFRE) composites
filled with SiC particles. The work covers the samples
preparation, testing, and analyzing. The samples were fabricated
using the regular addition of the SiC particles as 0, 5, 10, 15,
and 20 wt% of the total weight of epoxy resin. Samples of the
short beam shear test were cut using CNC machine. The
experiments were conducted according to the ASTM-D-2344
standard. The fracture surfaces of the laminate samples were
observed by scanning electron and optical microscopy. The major
benefits of the current study are that the modification process
by adding a certain amount of the SiC particles significantly
enhanced the interlaminar shear strength of CFRE, GFRE, and KFRE
composites as the comparison to the conventional ones. Do you
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