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Structural Design and Analysis of a Booster Arm Made of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite Material

by Songhua Hu^*, Lixiong Sun, Hongying Xiong^*

Baoshan Power Supply Bureau of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd., Baoshan, 67800, China

* Corresponding Authors: Songhua Hu. Email: ; Hongying Xiong. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Materials, Processing and Testing Technology)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2022, 18(4), 1083-1088. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.019038

Received 31 August 2021; Accepted 10 January 2022; Issue published 06 April 2022

Abstract

An analysis of a booster arm made of a carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite material is conducted by means of a finite element analysis method. The mechanical properties are also determined through stretching and compression performance tests. It is found that the surface treatment of the fibers causes the silane coupling agent to undergo a chemical reaction on the surface of the glass fiber. The used material succeeds in producing significant vibrations damping (vibration attenuation effect is superior to that obtained with conventional alloy materials).

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