Internal arcing and lightning strike damage in short carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites

Kumar, Vipin; Yeole, Pritesh; Hiremath, Nitilaksha; Spencer, Ryan; Billah, Kazi Md Masum; Hasanian, Mostafa; Theodore, Merlin; Hassen, Ahmed Arabi; Vaidya, Uday; Kunc, Vlastimil; Kim, Seokpum

doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108525

Internal arcing and lightning strike damage in short carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Composites Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108525· OSTI ID:1706254

^[1]; Yeole, Pritesh ^[2]; Hiremath, Nitilaksha ^[2]; Spencer, Ryan ^[2]; Billah, Kazi Md Masum ^[3]; Hasanian, Mostafa ^[4]; Theodore, Merlin ^[1]; ^[1]; Vaidya, Uday ^[5]; ^[1]; Kim, Seokpum ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States)
Mistras Group Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Short carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (S-CFRTP) are currently used in interior parts of aircraft such as electronic circuitry and assemblies, and their usage in aircraft's exterior is also being studied. In this paper, we present a lightning strike study on S-CFRTPs. High performance thermoplastics such as a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) reinforced with 50% weight (wt.) short carbon fiber (CF), a polyphenyl sulfone (PPSU) reinforced with 25 % wt. Short CF and a acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) with 20 % wt. short CF were tested against artificial lightning strikes. All samples were prepared using an extrusion compression molding (ECM) technique. A modified component A (100 kA) of lightning waveform, as defined by SAE ARP 5412-B, was applied. High speed imaging, thermography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation were performed to understand the effect of lightning strikes on the thermoplastic panels. The results show that electrical conductivity of the composite, thermal stability of the polymers, and CF orientation significantly affected the damage from artificial lightning strikes. PPS composite had the highest resilience against lightning strike damage, retaining 95% and 89% residual flexural strength and modulus, respectively. CF exfoliation due to internal arcing was observed in the carbon fiber-reinforced ABS polymer (CF-ABS) composite. CF exfoliation damage has been reported for the first time.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1706254

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1810997

Journal Information:: Composites Science and Technology, Journal Name: Composites Science and Technology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 201; ISSN 0266-3538

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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