Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Study of the Interfacial Shear Strength in Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Resin Composite under Thermal Loads

Table 2

Carbon fiber properties at room temperature used for the numerical simulations.

Elastic propertiesCarbon fiber

Longitudinal stiffness, (MPa)233130
Transverse stiffness, (MPa)23110
Out-of-plane stiffness, (MPa)23110
Poisson’s ratio, 0.2
Poisson’s ratio, 0.2
Poisson’s ratio, 0.4
Shear modulus, (MPa)8960
Shear modulus, (MPa)8960
Shear modulus, (MPa)8270
Coefficient of thermal expansion (10-6/°C)−0.54
Coefficient of thermal expansion (10-6/°C)10.10