PhD Related Data: THE ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL DAMPING AND STIFFNESS TRADE-OFF USING UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE INTERLEAVED WITH RECYCLED CARBON FIBER AND SHORT VIRGIN ARAMID FIBER NON-WOVEN MATS by Cephas Yaw Attahu
Description
This research investigated incorporating recycled carbon fibers (rCFs) into carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) for structural applications. The impacts of titanate coupling agent-L12 on the mats; the interleaved rCFs mat's numbers; their locations (the interleaved rCFs mat); the influence of the rCFs' lengths and their combinations (combining different rCF lengths); types (different rCF types); and their (rCFs) micro-hybridization with short virgin aramid fibers (vAFs) were all explored as part of the investigations. This project addressed and closed a significant gap in using rCFs for structural applications. The methodology used (the interleaving of UD fiber/epoxy prepreg with rCF non-woven mats) is the first of its kind. Furthermore, the final product (the best configuration, Laminate T) was very competitive: it was pegged against another novel composite material from an excellent source, and the results were very encouraging. Hosted here is the project's related raw dataset.
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