Friction measurements on carbon fibre tows

Friction of carbon fibre tows

The fundamental frictional behaviour of carbon fibre tows relevant to composite fabric forming is explored. Tow-on-tool and tow-on-tow contact are considered. For tow-on-tool contact, an experiment is devised to simultaneously observe the true filament contact length and measure the friction force over a range of normal loads. Filament contact length is not constant, as would be given from an i...

Effect of tool surface topography on friction with carbon fibre tows for composite fabric forming

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.10.017 1359-835X/ 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ⇑ Corresponding author presently at: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. E-mail address: [email protected] (D.M. Mulvihill). Daniel M. Mulvihill ⇑, Mic...

A numerical study on carbon nanotube–hybridized carbon fibre pullout

Histological response to carbon fibre.

The soft tissue response to carbon fibre was studied histologically one and a half years after being used to reconstruct the lateral collateral ligament of the human knee. A remarkably consistent pattern was seen in the induced ligament. The basic pattern was a "composite unit", consisting of a core of carbon fibre enveloped in a concentric manner by coherent layers of fibroblasts and collagen ...

Carbon Fibre Composite Bone Plates

We compared the mechanical properties of carbon fibre composite bone plates with those of stainless steel and titanium. The composite plates have less stiffness with good fatigue properties. Tissue culture and small animal implantation confirmed the biocompatibility of the material. We also present a preliminary report on the use of the carbon fibre composite plates in 40 forearm fractures. All...