High performance poly ceramic hybrid composite featured with carbon fiber
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Vagheesan Senthilkumar
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Mohanavel Vinayagam
Abstract
Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a high-performance thermoplastic recognized for its outstanding mechanical characteristics, thermal stability, and chemical resistance. Besides, working with pure PEEK requires a lot of energy and can result in issues like thermal degradation if not handled carefully, which limits mechanical performance. The research intends to synthesize a high-performance PEEK hybrid nanocomposite layer series by PEEK/zirconia (ZrO2)/carbon fiber (CF)/PEEK with varied percentages of weight for ZrO2 as 0–5 wt% adhered with the epoxy medium through hand layup associated with advanced hot compression mould technique. The response of nano ZrO2 particles on microstructural and mechanical characteristics of PEEK/carbon fiber (CF)/PEEK hybrid composites is investigated. The PEEK/5 wt% ZrO2/CF-PEEK hybrid nanocomposite exploited superior mechanical performance rather than others, and microstructural transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis provides the clear fiber-filler matrix bonding, which favours better mechanical behaviour of the composite. Besides, the composite series of PEEK/5 wt% ZrO2/CF/PEEK is found to have optimum yield, tensile and flexural stress, and fracture toughness, with values 132.8 MPa, 182.5 MPa and 192.2 MPa, and 7.9 MPa0.5 and proposed to automotive parts applications.
Acknowledgements
This project was supported by Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2025R315), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Material Properties
- Recent advances in magnetorheological materials and applications in robots and medical devices
- High performance poly ceramic hybrid composite featured with carbon fiber
- Laser transmission welding of ABS polymers: a systematic study of parameter-quality correlations and interfacial morphology
- Preparation and Assembly
- Highly efficient adsorption of Cu2+ and Cr6+ by polyethyleneimine-modified nanocellulose from sunflower stem pith
- Integrating low dielectric constant and high thermal conductivity into composite films for 5G circuit package substrate
- Engineering and Processing
- Injection molding of complex hollow products using an eco-friendly salt core technique
- Utilization of agro-waste-derived cellulose for eco-friendly hydrogel production in irrigation management
