Composite Analysis

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Composite is the combination of matrix and reinforcement material, which will have more strength when compared to the matrix and reinforcement material. The reinforcement material may present in the form of particulates, flakes and fibers. The strength and stiffness of the composite material is depends on the shape, size and way of orientation of reinforcements arranged in the matrix material. The different types of composite materials are metal matrix composites (MMC), ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and polymer matrix composites (PMC). The composite materials are fabricated by casting process, centrifugal casting, liquid infiltration, spray decomposition, insitu process and powder metallurgy process. The material fabrication is depends on …show more content…

They investigated sandwich structures having core consists of the closed cell PMI foam Casecell 75RS (Cashen Advanced Materials Hi-Tech Co. Ltd). The foam density of 75kg/m3 and a cell diameter of 0.2-0.3mm. The thickness of the foam core is h =25mm. The face sheets are made from prepreg fabric of MT300-3K carbon fibers in 602 epoxy resin from an aerospace research institute. The mass of the prepreg fabric is 165g/m2, with a ply thickness of 0.15mm. Both face sheets are laid up with 7 plies at [0°/90°/0°/90] for a total thickness of 1.05mm. J-47C film adhesive is used to bond the core to the face sheets. The sandwich composite is cured 2h at135°C and 300KN/m² pressure. The fabricated specimen are immersed in the moist conditions at two different temperatures i.e., 25°C and 70°C in sea water and de-ionized water, and immersed specimen are opted to test Flexural and compression strength and compared with new specimen and finally they concluded that the specimens immersed in sea water have higher compressive and flexural strength than specimens immersed in DI

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