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Characterization of stress distribution and thermal expansion behavior for M40J/AG-80 composites experienced vacuum thermo-cycling

  • Gao Yu*
  • , Dong Shang-Li
  • , He Song
  • , Yang De-Zhuang
  • , Li Zhi-Jun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Shenyang Aerospace University
  • China Electronic Science and Technology Groups Inc.

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Abstract

The characterization of stress distribution and thermal expansion/contraction distortion is performed for a unidirectional M40J/AG-80 epoxy composite, which experienced vacuum thermo-cycling in a temperature interval of -180 to 140°C under 10-5 Pa. The finite element analysis, using MSC.Marc 2001 software shows that vacuum thermo-cycling leads to stress concentration appearing at the interface layer, providing a stress condition to form debonding. The transverse expansion/contraction distortion changes linearly with temperature for both samples before and after thermo-cycling, while the longitudinal contraction shows a nonlinear behavior after the thermo-cycling. The variation in longitudinal contraction distortion can be attributed to the interface debonding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1647-1657
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
Volume25
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon/epoxy composites
  • Debonding
  • Finite element analysis (FEA)
  • Stress concentrations

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