Chapter 12 - Treatment effect on failure mode of industrial carbon textile at elevated temperature

Abstract

Industrial textiles are manufactured in factory as commercial products for diverse application in industry (automotive engineering, civil engineering, transportation, and energy, etc.) thanks to their good mechanical properties in some special cases of loading. In case of fire or at elevated temperatures, changes of textile properties are considered as an important factor for the application of textiles. The fiber treatment by different products in nature is a factor for the changes of textile properties with elevated temperatures. This book chapter presents an experimental study on the thermomechanical tensile behavior of three different industrial carbon textiles at elevated temperatures ranging from 25°C to 600°C. Three industrial carbon textiles were treated in manufacturing chain with different products in nature as coating (epoxy resin with different ratios and amorphous silica). By comparing the results obtained on three carbon textiles, the effect of fiber treatment on the thermomechanical behavior (mechanical properties and property evolution depending on elevated temperatures) of carbon textile was found. The failure mode analysis was investigated by observing all carbon textile specimens after thermomechanical tests to understand the effect of fiber treatment on failure mode of carbon textile at elevated temperatures.