Vacuum infusion manufacturing and experimental characterization of Kevlar/epoxy composites

Journal Article · Thu May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876852· OSTI ID:22285023

Ricciardi, M. R.; Giordano, M.; Antonucci, V. ^[1]; Langella, A.; Nele, L. ^[2]

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1. National Research Council, Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials, P.le Enrico Fermi, 1, 80055 Portici (Italy)
2. University of Naples Federico II, Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering Department, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples (Italy)

Epoxy/Kevlar composites have been manufactured by conventional Vacuum Infusion process and the Pulse Infusion technique. Pulse Infusion allows to control the pressure of the vacuum bag on the dry fiber reinforcement by using a proper designed pressure distributor that induces a pulsed transverse action and promotes the through thickness resin flow. The realized composite panel have been mechanically characterized by performing tensile and short beam shear tests according with the ASTM D3039 and ASTM D2344/D 2344M standard respectively in order to investigate the effect of Pulse Infusion on the tensile strength and ILSS.

• OSTI ID: 22285023
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1599; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ARAMIDS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
CONTROL
EPOXIDES
FIBERS
INFUSION
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS TESTING
RESINS
SHEAR PROPERTIES
TENSILE PROPERTIES