A study of pure hydrolysis of carbon fibre reinforced polyamide 6 composites tested under mode I loading

This paper focuses on the durability of carbon/polyamide 6 thermoplastic composites subjected to hydrolytic aging and tested under mode I static crack growth loading. In this study, aging was performed at temperatures ranging from 100 to 140 °C for durations up to 3 months in oxygen-free water. Results show that following wet aging the fracture toughness (energy release rate) decreases significantly, from an unaged value of 3.4 kJ/m2 down to values below 1 kJ/m2 after extensive degradation. This decrease was associated with a change from ductile to brittle behaviour, which allowed a critical molar mass M’c, to be determined for the first time on long carbon fibre reinforced composites.

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Thermoplastic composites, Mode I fracture, Hydrolysis, Molar mass, Arrhenius

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Arhant Mael, Lolive Eric, Bonnemains Thomas, Davies Peter (2022). A study of pure hydrolysis of carbon fibre reinforced polyamide 6 composites tested under mode I loading. Composites Part A-applied Science And Manufacturing. 152 (Part A). 106719 (10p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106719, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00735/84662/

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