Location
Toomey Hall, Room 140
Presentation Date
April 22, 2023, 8:30am-10:00am
Session
Session 5e
Description
Carbon/PEEK composites have a broad range of applications due to their combinations of superior creep properties and excellent strength to weight ratios. Like all fiber-based composites they are limited geometrically by their required manufacturing processes. Additively manufactured (AM) materials overcome this issue and can be formed into incredibly complex shapes. By combining these two fields, a material limited in application by geometry can have its shortcomings supported with AM processes.
AM carbon/PEEK composites have already been created but this relatively new material still needs property characterization. Therefore, the objective of this work will be to evaluate the structural performance of additively manufactured carbon/PEEK composites, specifically Young’s modulus. The resulting data can be compared to standard carbon/PEEK composites to better understand the change in material property as a result of a different manufacturing process.
Meeting Name
32nd Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Mo Space Grant Consortium
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Document Type
Presentation
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 The Authors, all rights reserved.
Performance Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Carbon/PEEK Composites
Toomey Hall, Room 140
Carbon/PEEK composites have a broad range of applications due to their combinations of superior creep properties and excellent strength to weight ratios. Like all fiber-based composites they are limited geometrically by their required manufacturing processes. Additively manufactured (AM) materials overcome this issue and can be formed into incredibly complex shapes. By combining these two fields, a material limited in application by geometry can have its shortcomings supported with AM processes.
AM carbon/PEEK composites have already been created but this relatively new material still needs property characterization. Therefore, the objective of this work will be to evaluate the structural performance of additively manufactured carbon/PEEK composites, specifically Young’s modulus. The resulting data can be compared to standard carbon/PEEK composites to better understand the change in material property as a result of a different manufacturing process.
