In-plane permeability characterization of a unidirectional flax/paper reinforcement for liquid composite molding processes

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• 作者：Ehsan Ameri ; Gilbert Lebrunp> ; p>p>Gilbert.Lebrun@uqtr.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorp> ; Luc Laperriè ; re
• 关键词：A. Natural fibers ; B. Permeability ; C. Statistical methods ; E. Resin flow
• 刊名：Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：85
• 期：Complete
• 页码：52-64
• 全文大小：4124 K

文摘

Principal in-plane permeabilities of a unidirectional flax/paper reinforcement are characterized in terms of reinforcement material and manufacturing parameters at a constant fiber volume fraction (V_f). ANOVA result shows that surface density of the unidirectional flax layer is the most important parameter on the mean and variance of the K₁ permeability. On the other hand all four studied parameters are concluded to affect the K₂ permeability. The K₁ permeability is found close to that of a twill weave flax fiber fabric reported in the literature and only one order of magnitude lower than a plain weave glass fiber fabric. Impregnation of the reinforcement with epoxy resin shows that a large area of the molded plaques was dominated by capillary forces during resin injection. This means capillary number and subsequently the resin injection velocity should be optimized for reducing void content in the final composite.