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The influence of coupling agent, fibre sizing and matrix degradation on the interfacial shear strength between carbon fibre and polypropylene
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burn, D., Harper, L., Johnson, M., Warrior, N., Yang, L., & Thomason, J. (2014, June). The influence of coupling agent, fibre sizing and matrix degradation on the interfacial shear strength between carbon fibre and polypropylene. Paper presented at 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, Seville, Spain

The interface strength between carbon fibre (CF) and polypropylene (PP) was characterised using the microbond test. The effect of removing the sizing from the fibres, as well as introducing a maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) coupling age... Read More about The influence of coupling agent, fibre sizing and matrix degradation on the interfacial shear strength between carbon fibre and polypropylene.

Flow characteristics of carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, A. D., Qian, C. C., Harper, L. T., Warrior, N. A., Brookbank, P., & Savage, L. (2015, July). Flow characteristics of carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds. Presented at 20th ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Copenhagen, Denmark

© 2015 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved. This paper presents the development of a low cost carbon fibre moulding compound using a robotic spray deposition process, developed at the University of Nottingham. Directed... Read More about Flow characteristics of carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds.

Studying the heterogeneity of discontinuous fiber composites using a new full-field strain measurement system
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johanson, K., Harper, L. T., Johnson, M., Kennedy, A., & Warrior, N. A. (2013, July). Studying the heterogeneity of discontinuous fiber composites using a new full-field strain measurement system. Paper presented at ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Montréal, Canada

In this paper a new multi camera digital image correlation (DIC) system is used to view strain fields from opposing surfaces of discontinuous carbon fiber composites loaded in tension. The system is investigated to understand if DIC can be used to co... Read More about Studying the heterogeneity of discontinuous fiber composites using a new full-field strain measurement system.