Carbon braided biaxial fiber composite with TiO2: Mechanical properties

Abstract

Braiding technique is perhaps the foremost production process of textile structures and to form continuous fiber reinforced composite materials. Braided composite structures have very good fatigue life, impact resistance, delamination resistance and better dimensional stability. In this experiment, flat biaxial carbon braided fabrics were prepared via flattening tubular braided fiber with braid angle ±45° by applying compressive loads on the tubular braided fabrics. Then, matrix composite were fabricated from the above mentioned fabrics by adding 0wt%, 1wt%, 3wt% and 5wt% Nanoparticles of TiO2 with epoxy resin and curing agent. The tensile test, flexural test and impact test were performed for evaluation of the mechanical properties of carbon braided biaxial fibre composite material.