Lightning strike damage of cf/epoxy composite laminates with conductive polymer layers

Tomohiro Yokozeki, Vipin Kumar, Yu Zhou, Takao Okada, Teruya Goto, Tatsuhiro Takahashi

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Abstract

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are prone to severe damages by lightning strikes due to their low electrical conductivity. Current lightning strike protection (LSP) technology generally consists of metal foils/films on the surface of composite airframe structures. The present work aims to introduce all polymeric conductive layer for LSP of CFRP structures. Intrinsic conductive polymer i.e. Polyaniline (PANI) is used to make a thermosetting polymer mixture. CFRPs coated with this electrically conductive, all polymeric layer was tested against simulated lighting strike. It has been shown that PANI-LSP specimens dissipated the lightning current effectively and provided enough residual mechanical properties of CFRPs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICAF 2019 – Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, 2019
EditorsAntoni Niepokolczycki, Jerzy Komorowski
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1022-1030
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030215026
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, ICAF 2019 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: Jun 2 2019Jun 7 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, ICAF 2019
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period06/2/1906/7/19

Funding

Acknowledgement. The authors acknowledge JSPS for the financial support of this project (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 16H02424).

FundersFunder number
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science16H02424

    Keywords

    • CFRP
    • Conductive polymer
    • Lightning strike damage
    • Mechanical properties

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