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Processing - Interlaminar Shear Strength Relationship of Carbon Fiber Composites Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes

탄소나노튜브로 보강된 탄소섬유복합재의 제조공정과 층간전단강도

  • 김한상 (한국과학기술연구원 복합소재기술연구소)
  • Received : 2011.10.13
  • Accepted : 2011.10.24
  • Published : 2011.10.31

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely investigated as reinforcements of CNT/polymer nanocomposites to enhance mechanical and electrical properties of polymer matrices since their discovery in the early 90's. Furthermore, the number of studies about incorporating CNTs into carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) to reinforce their polymer matrices is increasing recently. In this study, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) were dispersed in epoxy with 0.2 wt.% and 0.5 wt.%. Then, the SWNT/epoxy mixtures were processed to carbon fiber composites by a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) and a wet lay up method. The processed composite samples were tested for the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS). The relationship between the interlaminar shear strengths and processing, and the reinforcement mechanism of carbon nanotubes were investigated. CNT/epoxy nanocomposite specimens showed the increased tensile properties. However, the ILSS of carbon fiber composites was not enhanced by reinforcing the matrix with CNTs because of processing issues caused by increased viscosity of the matrix due to addition of CNTs particularly for a VARTM method.

탄소나노튜브가 발견된 이후로, 고분자 수지의 기계적, 전기적 물성을 증대시키는 보강재로서 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 더 나아가, 탄소나뉴튜브를 탄소섬유복합재 (CFRP)의 기지가 되는 수지를 보강시키는 데 이용하는 연구도 최근 활발해지고 있는 추세이다. 단일벽탄소나노튜브가 각각 0.2 %, 0.5 %의 중량비로 에폭시 수지에 먼저 분산, 혼합되었다. 이 혼합액을 CFRP를 제작하는데 주로 쓰이는 방법 중 하나인 진공 수지 충전 공정법 (vacuum assisted resin transfer molding, VARTM)으로 탄소섬유 프리폼에 주입하는 방법과 습식 현장 적층법 (wet lay-up)의 두가지 다른 방법으로 복합재를 제작 하였다. 각각의 제작된 시편에 대하여, 층간전단강도 (interlaminar shear strength, ILSS)를 측정하여, 층간전단강도와 공정의 상관관계, 탄소나노튜브의 보강효과에 대하여 조사했다. 탄소나노튜브/에폭시 복합재의 경우 기계적 물성의 향상을 가져왔으나 이를 기지재로 사용한 탄소섬유복합재의 층간전단강도는 특히 VARTM 공정의 경우, 탄소나노튜브의 첨가에 따른 수지의 점도 증가로 인한 공정상의 문제로 기대만큼의 물성향상을 가져오지는 못한 것을 확인하였다.

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