27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-8.4.4

NANOPARTICLES AND CNTS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE CFRPS FOR AEROSPACE & SPACE APPLICATIONS: SOME TRULY BENEFITS & MECHANISMS

C. Arlt, U. Riedel, H.G. Wulz*
DLR, Germany; *EADS Astrium GmbH, Germany

Keywords: cfrp, nanoparticle, cnt, compression properties, cai

High performance CFRPs have been manufactured by addition of either ceramic fillers or carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for enhanced mechanical and thermal stability. Their matrix dominated materials properties, namely compression strength, impact resistance, properties under shear loadings, bending strength as well as interlaminar shear strength, show exceedingly good results and improvements.

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