Extending the Gutowski model to kidney-bean and elliptically shaped fibers
- Manufacturing Design Laboratory (MDLab), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Efforts by manufacturers to produce more cost-effective carbon fibers have resulted in fibers with irregular cross-section often referred to as kidney-bean shaped fibers. In this research, compaction experiments were performed with a modified laser light section method to evaluate the compaction behavior of kidney-bean shaped carbon fibers. The kidney-bean shaped fibers followed a different compaction behavior compared to the Gutowski model for circular fibers. Additionally, these fibers required an order of magnitude larger force to compact than circular fibers to achieve similar fiber volume fraction, which has implications in infiltration and consolidation efficiency for composites manufacturing. A shape correction factor based on the fiber cross-sectional aspect ratio was proposed to extend the Gutowski model to fibers with irregular cross-sectional shapes. The modified Gutowski model provided an appropriate order of magnitude fit for the kidney-bean fibers. Furthermore, this modification to the Gutowski model recovered the original solution for circular fibers (cross-sectional aspect ratio = 1).
- Research Organization:
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1983025
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Composite Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Composite Materials Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 56; ISSN 0021-9983
- Publisher:
- SAGE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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