TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an interleaved composite with a two-stage shape memory capability for deployable structure applications
AU - Robinson, P.
AU - Zhang, B.
AU - Bismarck, A.
AU - Burgstaller, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© CCM 2020 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A carbon fibre epoxy composite laminate containing thermoplastic interleaves has been shown to provide an easy route for the manufacture of an expanded composite mesh. A two-stage shape memory composite using two different interleaf materials has been developed and this has been used to create a mesh that can deploy from the flat state into an expanded state. Creep of one of the interleaf materials, during flattening and deployment, limited the extent of the deployment but a better choice of interleaf materials should overcome this shortcoming.
AB - A carbon fibre epoxy composite laminate containing thermoplastic interleaves has been shown to provide an easy route for the manufacture of an expanded composite mesh. A two-stage shape memory composite using two different interleaf materials has been developed and this has been used to create a mesh that can deploy from the flat state into an expanded state. Creep of one of the interleaf materials, during flattening and deployment, limited the extent of the deployment but a better choice of interleaf materials should overcome this shortcoming.
KW - Carbon fibre/epoxy composites
KW - Deployable structures
KW - Interleaving
KW - Two-stage shape memory capability
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85084162020
T3 - ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials
BT - ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials
PB - Applied Mechanics Laboratory
T2 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2018
Y2 - 24 June 2018 through 28 June 2018
ER -