TY - GEN
T1 - Protection of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix (CFRP) Composite Laminate against Lightning Strike Using Nano-Fillers
AU - Yousefpour, Kamran
AU - Lin, Wenhua
AU - Wang, Yeqing
AU - Park, Chanyeop
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/10/18
Y1 - 2020/10/18
N2 - Carbon Fiber Reinforced Matrix (CFRP) composites are promising alternatives of metal panels for various industries owing to their advantages. However, one of the main disadvantages of using CFRP composites compared to metal panels is their susceptibility to lightning strike, which is mainly due to the low electrical conductivity of resins used as the matrix for binding the carbon fiber fabrics. Since the low electrical conductivity causes substantial amount of Joule heating that damages CFRP composites, increasing the conductivity of the material would reduce the damage causes by lightning strikes. Nano-fillers such as Carbon Black (CB) and Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) are materials that can enhance the electrical conductivity of CFRP composites. A thorough understanding on impact of conductive nanofillers on the lightning strike damage characteristics is necessary for potentially reducing the lightning strike damage of the CFRP composites. There are numerous research groups that investigated the effect of adding the conductive materials to reduce the damage of lightning strike, but the ideal composition of the material for CFRP composites has not been determined yet.
AB - Carbon Fiber Reinforced Matrix (CFRP) composites are promising alternatives of metal panels for various industries owing to their advantages. However, one of the main disadvantages of using CFRP composites compared to metal panels is their susceptibility to lightning strike, which is mainly due to the low electrical conductivity of resins used as the matrix for binding the carbon fiber fabrics. Since the low electrical conductivity causes substantial amount of Joule heating that damages CFRP composites, increasing the conductivity of the material would reduce the damage causes by lightning strikes. Nano-fillers such as Carbon Black (CB) and Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) are materials that can enhance the electrical conductivity of CFRP composites. A thorough understanding on impact of conductive nanofillers on the lightning strike damage characteristics is necessary for potentially reducing the lightning strike damage of the CFRP composites. There are numerous research groups that investigated the effect of adding the conductive materials to reduce the damage of lightning strike, but the ideal composition of the material for CFRP composites has not been determined yet.
KW - Carbon Fiber
KW - Carbon Nanofillers
KW - Impulse Current Generator
KW - Lightning
KW - Reinforced Polymer Composite
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U2 - 10.1109/CEIDP49254.2020.9437508
DO - 10.1109/CEIDP49254.2020.9437508
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85107188993
T3 - Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP
SP - 35
EP - 38
BT - CEIDP 2020 - 2020 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP 2020
Y2 - 18 October 2020 through 30 October 2020
ER -