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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICAF 2019 – Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, 2019 |
Editors | Antoni Niepokolczycki, Jerzy Komorowski |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Pages | 1022-1030 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030215026 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Event | 30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, ICAF 2019 - Warsaw, Poland Duration: Jun 2 2019 → Jun 7 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering |
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ISSN (Print) | 2195-4356 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2195-4364 |
Conference
Conference | 30th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, ICAF 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Poland |
City | Warsaw |
Period | 06/2/19 → 06/7/19 |
Funding
Acknowledgement. The authors acknowledge JSPS for the financial support of this project (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 16H02424).
Keywords
- CFRP
- Conductive polymer
- Lightning strike damage
- Mechanical properties