Abstract
This study presents an investigation on the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of composites made of plain woven fabrics reinforced with carbon fibers, aramid fibers, and their intralayer hybrids. The specimens were fabricated by hand lay-up method. Tension, compression, and shear tests were performed in accordance with the relevant standards to investigate the tensile, compression, and shear properties of carbon fiber, aramid fiber, and carbon/aramid fiber intralayer hybrid plain woven composites. Accurate strain field was obtained by digital image correlation (DIC) technology and compared with the results measured by the strain rosettes. Furthermore, a multi-scale modeling strategy was developed to predict the mechanical properties of the hybrid composites. The fiber monofilament model was used to calculate the effective properties of carbon and aramid yarns at the micro-scale level. Representative volume element (RVE) models of the hybrid composite were constructed considering the real fabric pattern at the meso-scale level. The predicted results agree well with the experimental data which validates the multi-scale modeling strategy. The presented information on the tensile, compressive, and shear properties and finite element simulation method of carbon/aramid intralayer hybrid composites should be useful in subsequent research as well as in designing new high-performance composites and structures.
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