Effect of microvoids on anomalous moisture absorption of quartz/BMI composite laminates

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2014-01-01

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Hurdelbrink, Keith R.
Grace, Landon R.
Güloğlu, Görkem Eğemen
Siddique, Zahed
Anderson, Jacob P.
Altan, M. Cengiz

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Copyright © 2014 by ASME.The focus of this paper was to investigate the effects of microvoid content in quartz/BMI laminates on both short and long-term moisture absorption dynamics. The moisture absorption characteristics for the laminates were experimentally obtained by water immersion tests at 25°C of three-ply quartz/BMI samples that contain voids, ranging from 8.6% to 13.7% by volume. The void levels were obtained by conditioning the prepreg at different moisture levels for 48 hours in an environmental chamber before curing in a hot press. The curing process was carried out at 69 kPa, which leads to a more uniform fiber volume fraction for the laminates. Having a constant fiber volume fraction ensures the same amount of fiber-matrix interface present in all the test samples, therefore eliminating the effect of fiber-matrix interface as an experimental variable. It is shown that the presence of microvoids leads to an increased non-Fickian absorption behavior. Hence, the anomalous, non-Fickian absorption parameters are obtained by using a one-dimensional absorption model that accounts for both bound and unbound free water within the laminate. It is shown that the microvoids act as storage sites for moisture which can be described by the one-dimensional, non-Fickian absorption model. Finally, possible relationships between the four absorption model parameters and the process-induced microvoid content are discussed.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98330

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https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-38407

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ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2014

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K. R. Hurdelbrink, L. R. Grace, G. E. Güloğlu, Z. Siddique, J. P. Anderson, and M. C. Altan, “Effect of microvoids on anomalous moisture absorption of quartz/BMI composite laminates,” Montreal, Kanada, 2014, vol. 9, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98330.