Fibre hybridisation in polymer composites: a review

By Y. Swolfs, L. Gorbatikh, I. Verpoest. 2014

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Abstract Fibre-reinforced composites are rapidly gaining market share in structural applications, but further growth is limited by their lack of toughness. Fibre hybridisation is a promising strategy to toughen composite materials. By combining two or more fibre types, these hybrid composites offer a better balance in mechanical properties than non-hybrid composites. Predicting their mechanical properties is challenging due to the synergistic effects between both fibres. This review aims to explain basic mechanisms of these hybrid effects and describes the state-of-the-art models to predict them. An overview of the tensile, flexural, impact and fatigue properties of hybrid composites is presented to aid in optimal design of hybrid composites. Finally, some current trends in fibre hybridisation, such as pseudo-ductility, are described.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics

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In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. Qing Li
2. Guangyong Sun
3. M. Wisnom
4. Wei Chen
5. Wing Kam Liu
6. Y. Swolfs
7. L. Gorbatikh
8. Quantian Luo

In Mechanics of Materials

1. L. Gorbatikh
2. Y. Swolfs
3. M. Jalalvand
4. I. Verpoest
5. M. Wisnom
6. G. Czél
7. Guangyong Sun
8. Qing Li

In Polymers and Plastics

1. L. Gorbatikh
2. Y. Swolfs
3. Guangyong Sun
4. I. Verpoest
5. Qing Li
6. G. Czél
7. C. Dong
8. M. Jalalvand

Citations in the corpus

• Low velocity impact behavior of interlayer hybrid composite laminates with carbon/glass/basalt fibres (2019, background): “Another effective way was the hybridization, which could be implemented by replacing brittle fibres (carbon fibres) with ductile fibres (with a larger failure strain) [31].”
• Industrial Hemp Fibers: An Overview (2019, background): “Many researchers have investigated the mechanical properties of natural with hemp fiber hybrid composites [11,68,72].”
• Design and characterisation of advanced pseudo-ductile unidirectional thin-ply carbon/epoxy-glass/epoxy hybrid composites (2016, background): “[27] pointed out the potential for adding pseudo-ductility to high performance composites as an emerging field for hybrid composites.”
• A framework for data-driven analysis of materials under uncertainty: Countering the curse of dimensionality (2017, background): “Other examples can be encountered in investigations on the influence of nano-and micro-reinforcements on the behavior of elastomers [4–6], polymeric foams [7], metal matrix composites [8], and the effect of fiber hybridization in polymer matrix composites [9,10].”
• Flexural performance and cost efficiency of carbon/basalt/glass hybrid FRP composite laminates (2019, neutral): “From material perspective, hybrid structural configurations can be categorized in three scales, namely layer-by-layer, yarn-by-yarn and fibre-by-fibre [11].”
• Review of natural fibre-reinforced hybrid composites (2018, background): “A review on hybrid composites is given by Swolfs et al.(14) In general, the purpose of bringing two fibre types in a single composite is to maintain the advantages of both fibres and alleviate some disadvantages.”