Abstract
We summarise the literature and recent experimental results pertaining to the dynamic (shock) response of carbon-fibre-filled polymer composites used extensively in aerospace, automotive, and related industries. Features of the dynamic compressibility of several types of carbon-fibre-based composites are described. These include their dynamic compressibility and an observed anisotropy in dynamic response with fibre orientation, a summary of limited dynamic tensile (spall) strength experiments, and thresholds and modelling of high-pressure shock-driven chemical dissociation. Experimental data from a series of plate impact experiments within our laboratory, designed to interrogate a wide range of input conditions, are described for carbon-fibre–epoxy, –phenolic, and –cyanate ester composites. For the carbon-fibre–phenolic and –cyanate ester composites, equations of state are built for both the composite material and its decomposition products.
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