Imperial College London
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ProfessorPaulRobinson

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

Professor of Mechanics of Composites
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5073p.robinson

 
 
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318City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Katafiasz:2021:10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106241,
author = {Katafiasz, T and Greenhalgh, ES and Allegri, G and Pinho, ST and Robinson, P},
doi = {10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106241},
journal = {Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing},
title = {The influence of temperature and moisture on the mode I fracture toughness and associated fracture morphology of a highly toughened aerospace CFRP},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106241},
volume = {142},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper addresses the characterisation of the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness of a carbon fibre/epoxy composite material, toughened with thermoplastic particles in the ply interlayers. The characterisation is undertaken at −55 °C, 19 °C, and 90 °C, on both dry and fully moisture saturated coupons. Fractographic observations of the delamination surfaces allows identification of the failure mechanisms. The mode I propagation fracture toughness tested at wet/90 °C exhibits a 176% increase compared to the dry/19 °C specimens, due to enhanced plastic deformation of the interlayers and more prominent fibre bridging. Moisture-saturated coupons tested at −55 °C suffered a 57% reduction of mode I fracture toughness compared to those under dry/19 °C conditions. This is due to the dis-bond and consequent plucking of the thermoplastic particles from the surrounding matrix. This observation points to the fact that wet/cold conditions may represent the worst-case scenario for the interlaminar fracture performance of composite systems toughened with thermoplastic interleaves.
AU  - Katafiasz,T
AU  - Greenhalgh,ES
AU  - Allegri,G
AU  - Pinho,ST
AU  - Robinson,P
DO  - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106241
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1359-835X
TI  - The influence of temperature and moisture on the mode I fracture toughness and associated fracture morphology of a highly toughened aerospace CFRP
T2  - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106241
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/86134
VL  - 142
ER  -
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