Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kocaeli University, Kartepe 41285, Kocaeli, Turkey
2. Advanced Composites Research Group, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AH, UK
Abstract
This study focuses on understanding the impact of different material compositions and printing parameters on the structural integrity of hybrid curved composite beams. Using the continuous filament fabrication technique, which is an advanced fused deposition modelling process, composite curved beams made of short carbon and various continuous fibre-reinforced nylon laminae were fabricated and subjected to four-point bending tests to assess their delamination characteristics. The results show that the presence of five flat zones in the curved region of a curved beam achieves 10% and 6% increases in maximum load and delamination strength, respectively, against a smooth curved region. The delamination response of a curved composite beam design consisting of unidirectional carbon/nylon laminae is superior to that of a curved beam made of glass fibre/nylon laminae, while the existence of highly strengthened glass fibre bundles is alternatively quite competitive. Doubling the number of continuous fibre-reinforced laminae results in an increase of up to 36% in strength by achieving a total increase in the beam thickness of 50%, although increases in mass and material cost are serious concerns. The hybrid curved beam design has a decrease in the maximum load and the strength by 11% and 13%, respectively, when compared with a non-hybrid design, which consists of some type of stronger and stiffer nylon laminae instead of short carbon fibre-reinforced conventional nylon laminae. Two-dimensional surface-based cohesive finite element models, which have a good agreement with experimental results, were also established for searching for the availability of useful virtual testing. The results from this study will greatly contribute to the design and numerical modelling of additively manufactured hybrid composite curved beams, brackets, and fittings.
Funder
cientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye
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