COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ›› 2023, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 107-112.DOI: 10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20230428.016

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Fracture mechanism and cause analysis of carbon fiber composite core conductor

ZHENG Jianjun1,2, TIAN Feng1,2, ZHANG Tao1,2, CHEN Hao1,2   

  1. 1. Inner Mongolia Power Research Institute, Hohhot 010020, China;
    2. Inner Mongolia Enterprise Key Laboratory of High Voltage and Insulation Technology, Hohhot 010020, China
  • Received:2022-03-18 Online:2023-04-28 Published:2023-08-22

Abstract: In this paper, aiming at one fracture fault of the carbon-fiber composite core wire operated in a 220 kV transmission line, the non in-serviced (new) and broken carbon-fiber composite core wires were tested and analyzed by means of macro and micro morphology observations, X-ray energy spectrum detection, fourier infrared spectroscopy analysis, thermal decomposition experiment, compressive performance testing and so on, and the fracture causes and fracture mechanism were also investigated. The results indicate that the fracture of carbon-fiber composite core wire is mainly related to the fretting wear of glass fiber layer and fretting fatigue of carbon fiber core caused by breeze galloping. In addition, partial discharge is induced when the glass fiber layer is worn. And the high temperature and nitric acid produced during discharge lead to the melting of epoxy resin and stress corrosion of glass fiber, further aggravating the fracture of carbon fiber composite core. The fracture mechanism results reveal that the fracture process of carbon-fiber composite core wire can be divided into five stages. When the carbon fiber composite core is entirely broken, the load tension will exceed the allowable tension of T-shaped aluminum lines, resulting in cracking after short-time operation.

Key words: glass fiber, carbon fiber, discharge, fretting wear, fretting fatigue, crack

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