Abstract
When thermoplastic resin-toughened carbon fiber (CF) composites are formed by liquid resin transfer molding (RTM), the conventional methods cannot be used to set the fabric preform, which affects the overall mechanical properties of the composites. To address this challenge, the benzoxazine-based tackifier BT5501A was designed, a preforming–toughening bifunctional CF fabric was fabricated by employing thermoplastic polyaryletherketone (PEK-C), and an aviation RTM-grade bismaleimide (BMI) resin was used as the matrix to study the effect of the benzoxazine-based tackifier on the thermal curing property and heat resistance of the resin matrix. Furthermore, the preforming and toughening effects on the bifunctional CF fabric reinforced the BMI resin composites. The tackifier BT5501A has good process operability. The application of this tackifier can advance the thermal curing temperature of the BMI resin matrix and decrease the glass transition temperature of the resin, compared to that of the pure BMI resin. Furthermore, when the tackifier was added into the CF/PEK-C/BMI composites, the obtained CF/BT5501A/PEK-C/BMI composites had comparable compression strength after impact, pit depth, and damage area, compared to the CF/PEK-C/BMI composites, while the tackifier endowed the fabric preform with an excellent preforming effect.
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