HARI
HARI
3.1
Mohanad Idrees, Ahmed MH Ibrahim, Emine Tekerek, Antonios Kontsos, Giuseppe R Palmese, Nicolas
J Alvarez
Composites for aerospace and automotive industries trend towards maximizing fiber volume fraction.
In such applications, the design criteria typically maximize material stiffness with little concern for
strength, and elongation at break. However, several fiber-composite applications would benefit from
improved strength, and elongation at break. Given typical manufacturing constraints, limited success
has been reported on maximizing composite properties imparted by the matrix, such as strength and
toughness. Select studies have shown that inclusion of neat resin layer spacing between composite
layers, referred to as resin-rich layers (RRL), lead to significant improvements in Mode II interlaminar
toughness. Additive manufacturing offers a useful platform for manufacturing parts with controlled
RRL and composite layer placement. In this study, we present a novel method for the fabrication of
woven glass fiber reinforced composites with controlled RRLs using a 3D vat polymerization
technique. We utilize a plain woven glass fiber mats and a novel methacrylated resin (DA-2) that
allows for fiber mat incorporation during printing. The goal of this study is to determine the effects of
RRL thickness on mechanical properties. Laminated composites are produced with controlled RRL
thickness in the range of 0–200 µm. The printed laminates are tested for tensile, flexure, short beam
shear, Mode I, and Mode II interlaminar properties. Overall, RRL does not show improved in-plane or
out-of-plane performance for the chosen materials. However, the observed trends in interlaminar
toughness are shown to strongly depend on the resin properties, namely the resin’s plastic zone size.
We conclude that the resin plastic zone size is a key resin property that determines whether improved
toughness and strength are achieved.Citation(19)
3.2
In recent years, most boat fabrication companies use 100% synthetic fiber-reinforced composite
materials, due to their high performance of mechanical properties. In the new trend of research on
the fabrication of boat structure using natural fiber hybrid with kevlar/fiberglass-reinforced
composite, the result of tensile, bending, and impact strength showed that glass fiber-reinforced
polyester composite gave high strength with increasing glass fiber contents. At some point, realizing
the cost of synthetic fiber is getting higher, researchers today have started to use natural fibers that
are seen as a more cost-effective option. Natural fibers, however, have some disadvantages, such as
high moisture absorption, due to repelling nature; low wettability; low thermal stability; and quality
variation, which lead to the degradation of composite properties. In recent times, hybridization is
recommended by most researchers as a solution to natural fiber’s weaknesses and to reduce the use
of synthetic fibers that are not environmentally friendly. In addition, hybrid composite has its own
special advantages, i.e., balanced strength and stiffness, reduced weight and cost, improved fatigue
resistance and fracture toughness, and improved impact resistance. The synthetic–nature fiber hybrid
composites are used in a variety of applications as a modern material that has attracted most
manufacturing industries’ attention to shift to using the hybrid composite. Some of the previous
studies stated that delamination and manufacturing had influenced the performance of the hybrid
composites. In order to expand the use of natural fiber as a successful reinforcement in hybrid
composite, the factor that affects the manufacturing defects needs to be investigated. In this review
paper, a compilation of the reviews on the delamination and a few common manufacturing defect
types illustrating the overview of the impact on the mechanical properties encountered by most of
the composite manufacturing industries are presented.Citation(83)
3.3
Natural fiber-reinforced polycaprolactone green and hybrid biocomposites for various advanced
applications
RA Ilyas, MYM Zuhri, Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim, Muhammad Syukri Mohamad Misenan, Mohd Azwan
Jenol, Sani Amril Samsudin, NM Nurazzi, MRM Asyraf, ABM Supian, Sneh Punia Bangar, R Nadlene,
Shubham Sharma, Abdoulhdi A Borhana Omran