Lightning Strike Damage of CF/Epoxy Composite Laminates with Conductive Polymer Layers
- The University of Tokyo
- ORNL
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tokyo
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are prone to severe damages by lightning strikes due to their low electrical conductivity. Current lightning strike protection (LSP) technology generally consists of metal foils/films on the surface of composite airframe structures. The present work aims to introduce all polymeric conductive layer for LSP of CFRP structures. Intrinsic conductive polymer i.e. Polyaniline (PANI) is used to make a thermosetting polymer mixture. CFRPs coated with this electrically conductive, all polymeric layer was tested against simulated lighting strike. It has been shown that PANI-LSP specimens dissipated the lightning current effectively and provided enough residual mechanical properties of CFRPs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1545562
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue (ICAF 2019) - Krakow, , Poland - 6/2/2019 4:00:00 AM-6/7/2019 4:00:00 AM
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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