佐々木 克彦(ササキ カツヒコ) |
工学研究院 機械・宇宙航空工学部門 機械材料システム |
教授 |
Our previous research found that CFRPs fabricated by the electrodeposition resin molding (ERM) method exhibited high damping properties. In this research, tailored fiber placement (TFP) was used to make curved fiber shapes, however, those shapes were limited to a parabola and a sine curve. Linear combination of radial basis functions (RBFs) were used to make more complex fiber shapes, and optimum fiber shapes are investigated to improve damping of CFRPs fabricated by the ERM method. Damping is modeled by the specific damping capacity (SDC) which is defined as the ratio of dissipated energy and maximum strain energy, and total damping properties of CFRPs are calculated using finite element analysis (FEA). Before optimization, material SDCs of a plain weave sheet and a TFP layer, which are compositions of CFRPs, are identified by particle swarm optimization (PSO) using the results of experimental modal analysis and FEA. Then, fiber shapes were optimized to maximize the first modal SDC of L-shaped and T-shaped plates using PSO with nonlinear dissipative term. Simultaneously, the thickness distribution which is caused by overlaps or gaps between curved fibers was estimated and applied to a finite element model for more accurate numerical estimation. The results showed that the present optimization of curved fiber shapes including estimation of thickness distribution improves the first modal SDC and decreases the volume of a TFP layer in comparison with unidirectional fiber shapes.
Transformation plasticity significantly affects the stress distribution of a forging after heat-treatment. In this study, the transformation plasticity in a multi-phase transformation was measured experimentally. Two kinds of low-alloy steels were used: ASME SA508 and JIS SCM420. The materials were heat treated under different conditions to vary the phase fraction of ferrite. Then the transformation plastic strains of bainite were experimentally identified from the deviation between the stress-free total strain value and the strain value with an applied stress. After the tests were finished, an orientation microscopy was performed using EBSD. The grain average misorientation (GAM) values of the bainite phase become higher than those of the ferrite phase due to the bainite sub-unit. The volume fractions of ferrite were defined as the area lower than the threshold value of the GAM. The transformation plastic strain during the bainite transformation decreased with increasing volume fraction of ferrite. Although there is a quantitative difference in the transformation plastic strains between SA508 and SCM420, the normalized values give the same tendency in both materials. Furthermore, the calculated transformation plasticity using a multi-phase model shows a good agreement with the measurements. This result suggests that the transformation plasticity behavior of the bainite transformation is the same as between a single transformation (bainite) and a double transformation (bainite and ferrite).
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) has high strength and light weight properties. However, for impact load, an improvement has been required since resin matrix is weak. For CFRP manufacturing, the authors have developed the electro-activated deposition resin molding (EDRM) method to impregnate the resin, and the strength of CFRP for the static load was increased by the application of CNF without hydrophobic treatment. In this study, applying EDRM method, the impact strength of CFRP was improved by using cellulose nanofiber (CNF) without hydrophobic treatment. The electro-activated deposition solution contains polymer with epoxy group. The method was to apply the mixture of CNF dispersion and electro-activated deposition solution to the prepreg. After thermal curing, the CFRP which has CNF layer on the surface was obtained. The three-point bending test was carried out to confirm the static strength, and the impact strength was also confirmed by the Charpy impact testing.
For an efficient manufacturing method of CFRP, the electro-activated deposition molding method was developed. In this method, the carbon fiber fabric with curvilinear carbon fiber arrangement could be easily manufactured. The arbitrary arrangement of carbon fiber fabric can be woven by using embroidery machine, and was immersed in an electrodeposition solution containing an epoxy group and energized. Resin could be impregnated, after heat curing, CFRP was obtained. Impregnation is occurred in liquid, therefore, pressurizing process can be eliminated. So, autoclave became unnecessary, neither vacuum packing nor vacuum resin injection like VARTM (Vacuum assisted Resin Molding) method was required. In this study, tensile strength tests were conducted on the three kinds of CFRP specimens, with straight carbon fiber without hole, with hole in the center of specimen, and with controlling carbon fiber direction along principle stress. As a result, the maximum stress of the specimen with hole decreased to 82% of without hole. In case of the specimen with controlling carbon fiber direction along principle stress, the maximum stress recovered to 91% of without hole.