This article describes the efforts that led to the development of surface-loaded preforms that may be used to significantly improve the compression-after-impact strength of high-temperature composites and correspondin...This article describes the efforts that led to the development of surface-loaded preforms that may be used to significantly improve the compression-after-impact strength of high-temperature composites and correspondingly to dramatically reduce the area of damage because of impact.Moreover,by matching the toughening polymer surface-loaded and design of the surface pattern,in-plane mechanical properties are unaffected or even improved over laminates made from the identical materials.The proprietary preforms,so-called ESTM-Fabrics,may be handled and infused with the high-temperature RTMable resins such as bismaleimide and polyimide in exactly the same manner as traditional fabrics without surface modification.The RTM conditions for the preform-based toughening is fully compatible with the traditional process procedure,making the technology cost-effective in production.This technology represents a key enabler for the use of low-cost RTM processes for high-temperature resins to supplant prepreg as the building-block material of choice for aeronautical composite structures.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program) (Grant No. 2010CB631100)
文摘This article describes the efforts that led to the development of surface-loaded preforms that may be used to significantly improve the compression-after-impact strength of high-temperature composites and correspondingly to dramatically reduce the area of damage because of impact.Moreover,by matching the toughening polymer surface-loaded and design of the surface pattern,in-plane mechanical properties are unaffected or even improved over laminates made from the identical materials.The proprietary preforms,so-called ESTM-Fabrics,may be handled and infused with the high-temperature RTMable resins such as bismaleimide and polyimide in exactly the same manner as traditional fabrics without surface modification.The RTM conditions for the preform-based toughening is fully compatible with the traditional process procedure,making the technology cost-effective in production.This technology represents a key enabler for the use of low-cost RTM processes for high-temperature resins to supplant prepreg as the building-block material of choice for aeronautical composite structures.
