Evaluation of Woven Fabrics Based on Grafil XAS 3000-Filament Carbon Fibre.

Abstract

A number of all-carbon and carbon/glass hybrid fabrics have been woven without difficulty from 3000-filament, Courtaulds XAS fibre. The fabric properties were measured. Laminates were made from each fabric, using the Ciba-Geigy epoxide XD927 as the common matrix throughout. There were no problems with wetting or cure. Mechanical tests showed the all-carbon five-shaft satin to be somewhat stronger than the twill while in the hybrid fabrics, the twill was stronger than the plain-weave. Neither with the all-carbon fabrics or with the carbon/glass hybrids was there a marked effect of the weave on modulus. In general, the level of mechanical properties showed woven XAS to be an extremely useful reinforcement, with good translations of fibre properties into laminates. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088850

Entities

People

  • D. J. Murphy
  • L. N. Phillips

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fibers
  • Construction
  • Directional
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Fibers
  • Filaments
  • Flexural Strength
  • Foreign Languages
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Resins
  • Shear Strength
  • Tensile Modulus
  • Tensile Strength
  • Unidirectional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Reinforced Composite Materials