Durability of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Koyanagi presents a concise and practical guide to using a micromechanics approach to predict the strength and durability of unidirectionally aligned continuum carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs).

Autorentext

Jun Koyanagi is a Professor at Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, and leader of the Composite Materials Laboratory there. He gained his PhD from Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, in 2006. Before joining TUS, he was with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Mechanical properties of interface between fiber and matrix 3. Constitutive relationship of resin matrix including viscoelasticity and damage 4. Composite strength estimation and prediction based on micromechanics 5. Durability predicted by microscale simulations 6. Durability predicted by mesoscale simulations 7. Future prospectives