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Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are of growing use in aircraft because of their high specific strength and stiffness. Crack initiation and propagation determine mechanical properties of CFRP, though… Click to show full abstract
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are of growing use in aircraft because of their high specific strength and stiffness. Crack initiation and propagation determine mechanical properties of CFRP, though their mechanism has not been fully understood because of experimental difficulties. X-ray computed tomography (X-CT) is a powerful tool to understand the micromechanism. Recent reports pioneered the micromechanical analysis of fractures under quasi-static stress [1] and fatigue failures [2] in CFRP from three-dimensional dataset obtained using synchrotron X-CT. However, most studies deal with large specimens with a special resolution larger than a m.
Journal Title: Microscopy and Microanalysis
Year Published: 2018
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