Quantification of micro-scale variability in fibre bundles

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Gommer, F., Endruweit, A. and Long, A.C. (2016) Quantification of micro-scale variability in fibre bundles. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 87 . pp. 131-137. ISSN 1359-835X

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Abstract

Local variations in the random filament arrangement in carbon fibre bundles were determined by optical microscopy and automated image analysis. Successive steps of abrading, polishing and acquiring micro¬graphs of the sample surface made it feasible to analyse the micro-structure over a series of cross-sections along the fibre bundle path. Random and systematic changes in local filament arrangements were determined. Systematic changes were related to the interaction of a fibre bundle with an intersect¬ing binder thread leading to a local increase of the fibre volume fraction at the interface. Random clus¬tering of filaments in areas of high or low fibre volume fractions within the fibre bundles were found to be unaffected by the relative position of the bundle.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/784413
Additional Information: Published volume has date of August 2016.
Keywords: Carbon fibres; Microstructures; Statistical properties/methods; Optical microscopy
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
Identification Number: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.04.019
Depositing User: King, Miss Harriet
Date Deposited: 13 May 2016 08:38
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:45
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/33276

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