An Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional C/C Composites Considering the Effect of Pore Microstructures via Numerical Calculation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Simulation Models and Methods
3.1. Generation of the Geometric Model
3.2. Constitutive Material
3.3. Boundary Conditions
4. Mesh Sensitivity
5. Model Validation
6. Results and Discussion
6.1. Effects of Porosities
6.2. Effects of Pore Shapes
6.3. Effects of Pore Locations
6.4. Effects of the Distance between Pores
6.5. Effects of Pore Clustering
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Predicted Result | Experimental Result | Deviation | |
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Tensile strength | 5.14 MPa | 3.94 ± 0.21 MPa | 1.2 MPa |
Compressive strength | 19.94 MPa | 21.0 ± 0.84 MPa | 1.06 MPa |
Shear strength | 4.58 MPa | 6.78 ± 0.7 MPa | 2.2 MPa |
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Ge, J.; Chao, X.; Tian, W.; Li, W.; Qi, L. An Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional C/C Composites Considering the Effect of Pore Microstructures via Numerical Calculation. Polymers 2024, 16, 2577. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182577
Ge J, Chao X, Tian W, Li W, Qi L. An Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional C/C Composites Considering the Effect of Pore Microstructures via Numerical Calculation. Polymers. 2024; 16(18):2577. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182577
Chicago/Turabian StyleGe, Jian, Xujiang Chao, Wenlong Tian, Weiqi Li, and Lehua Qi. 2024. "An Insight into the Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional C/C Composites Considering the Effect of Pore Microstructures via Numerical Calculation" Polymers 16, no. 18: 2577. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182577