PSI - Issue 28

Anurag Singh et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 28 (2020) 2206–2217 Anurag Singh/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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Figure 6: Flexural test result of reference and electrical conductive specimens

These results show the use of the functionalised interlayer veil in ec specimen results in better interfacial bonding on comparison with ref specimen; ref specimens lack the interlayered veil within them. One of the concern in increasing the electrical conductivity of the CFRP's is the decrease in the fracture toughness than the control specimens. However, in this case, manufacturing of the composite specimens using FIT led to an almost 100% increase in fracture toughness. Thus, this is a step in the right direction, concerning inducing the multifunctionality to the composite specimens.

Figure 7: R-curve generated from the load vs displacement graph