Management of waste from carbon fibre composites has become a significant societal issue as the application composite grows across many industries. In this study, fibres (CF) were successfully recovered cured fibre/epoxy (CF/EP) prepreg under microwave pyrolysis at 450, 550 and 650 °C followed by oxidation any residual char. The investigated for their tensile properties, surface morphologies el...

To modify the relatively low fracture toughness of monolithic ceramics, the incorporation of long ceramic fibre within a matrix material has been extensively performed. In this case, as cracks form in the matrix material and approach the fibres, they will be deflected at the interface between the fibre and the matrix. We developed another approach toward improving the toughness of ceramics invo...

Nano-indentation instrumented tests are carried out at shallow depths on PAN-based and MPP-based carbon fibres. Indentation moduli obtained by performing the ten different measured orientations with respect to fibre axis. They used identify elastic constants of fibres, assuming a transversely isotropic behaviour, minimising cost function between estimated values. Inconstancies identified in-pla...