Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2016, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (11): 51-58.

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STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF HYGROTHERMAL DAMAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF BRAIDED CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE SUBJECTED TO LIGHTNING

HUANG Lai1, LI Yi-chao2,3*, CHE Hong-wei1, ZHOU Ting1   

  1. 1.State Grid Hunan Electric Power Company, Changsha 410007, China;
    2.The School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
    3.The State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2016-06-01 Online:2016-11-30 Published:2016-11-30

Abstract: In this paper, damage characteristics of two typical ply ([452/02/-452/902]s、[302/02/-302/902]s) woven carbon fiber composite material samples, which are subjected to different hygrothermal environments (23 ℃ and 60 ℃), were studied. At the same time, the microscopic mechanism characteristics of two kinds of standard sample member ply by lightning strike at 60 ℃ after a hygrothermal environment immersioning conditions were analyzed. The results show that hygrothermal aging significantly increases the lightning strike damage regions. While, the influence of stacking sequence on the damage forms is decreased. SEM results show that the fiber/matrix interfacial bonding is severely degraded by moisture.

Key words: composite, hygrothermal, lightning strike, microscopical mechanism

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