FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI High modulus carbon fibre composites: Correlation between transverse tensile and mode I interlaminar fracture properties BT AF BARAL, N GUEZENOC, H DAVIES, Peter BALEY, C AS 1:2;2:2;3:1;4:2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-MS;4:; C1 IFREMER, Mat & Struct Grp, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Bretagne Sud, F-56321 Lorient, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UBS, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-MS IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.748 TC 15 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3723.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Carbon fibre;Fracture;Deformation;Delamination;Composite materials AB This paper presents test results from mode I interlaminar fracture and transverse tensile tests on unidirectional carbon/epoxy composites used in racing yacht construction. Fibre modulus has been varied from 380 to 640 GPa. PAN fibre reinforced composite properties, delamination resistance (G(Ie) and G(Ip)) and transverse strain to failure, decrease as fibre modulus increases. Composites based on the highest modulus pitch fibres show higher transverse failure strains than the highest modulus PAN fibre composites. A distinct failure mechanism, crack propagation within the fibres, was observed for the pitch based reinforcement. The transverse tensile tests allowed transverse fibre modulus to be estimated as 11.5 GPa for the PAN and 9 GPa for the pitch fibres. These results indicate that more detailed study is needed if pitch based composites are to be optimised. (c) 2007 Elsevier.B.V. All rights reserved. PY 2008 PD MAR SO Materials Letters SN 0167-577X PU Elsevier VL 62 IS 6-7 UT 000253106100081 BP 1096 EP 1099 DI 10.1016/j.matlet.2007.07.071 ID 3723 ER EF