TY  - JOUR
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117095795&doi=10.1007%2fs10443-021-09980-1&partnerID=40&md5=27889ef81402f426f6461b2a1d79268d
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
N1  - cited By 3
SP  - 515
IS  - 2
SN  - 0929189X
TI  - Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Novel Resin-infused Thermoplastic and Conventional Thermoset 3D Fabric Composites
ID  - scholars16964
A1  - Shah, S.Z.H.
A1  - Megat-Yusoff, P.S.M.
A1  - Karuppanan, S.
A1  - Choudhry, R.S.
A1  - Ahmad, F.
A1  - Sajid, Z.
Y1  - 2022///
AV  - none
N2  - This paper presents an extensive comparison of the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of a recently developed thermoplastic (Elium ®) 3D fabric-reinforced composite (3D-FRC) with the conventional thermoset (epoxy) 3D-FRC. Experiments involved tensile tests, compression tests, V-notch shear tests, and short beam shear tests for specimens produced through the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process in each case. These tests were used for the determination of in-plane elastic constants, failure strengths and for investigating the failure mechanisms. A micro-mechanical model validated against these experiments was used to predict the remaining orthotropic elastic constants. This work enhances our understanding of the mechanics of infusible thermoplastic 3D-FRC as a new class of emerging materials and provides useful data which substantiates that this unconventional thermoplastic resin is also easier to recycle, uses similar manufacturing processes and can be a suitable replacement for conventional thermoset resins. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
VL  - 29
JF  - Applied Composite Materials
KW  - Compression testing; Elastic constants; Failure (mechanical); Mechanisms; Reinforcement; Resins; Tensile testing; Thermosets
KW  -  3-D fabrics; 3-dimensional reinforcement; Fabric composites; Fabric-reinforced composites; Failure mechanism; Mechanical failures; Micromechanics models; Shear tests; Thermoplastic resin (elium ®); Thermoset resin
KW  -  Reinforced plastics
EP  - 545
ER  -