Impacts of Thermal and Mechanical Cycles on Electro-Thermal Anti-Icing System of CFRP Laminates Embedding Sprayable Metal Film.

Materials (Basel)

Institute of Man-Machine & Environment Engineering, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China.

Published: March 2021

The aircraft electro-thermal anti-icing system that can guarantee flight safety may be affected by periodic heating and cyclic aerodynamic force during long-term flight missions, which seems to be a potential threat to ice protection. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of thermal and mechanical cycles on heating elements of the electro-thermal anti-icing system. Specimens were manufactured with CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) laminated composite, glass fiber prepreg and copper screen, in which sprayable metal film (SMF) was embedded as the heating element. The study focuses on electric resistance variation of SMF and functional fatigue life under the cycling load. Thermal cycling tests were carried out in an insulated chamber where the specimens were heated up to 80 °C and then cooled down to -55 °C for 1000 cycles. Mechanical cycling tests were conducted on a fatigue testing machine where the specimens were imposed on tension-compression loading for 10 cycles. Results showed that the electric resistance of SMF increased with the number of loading cycles. The resistance was increased by 20% and the heating power was decreased by 16.67% after 1000 thermal cycles. During the mechanical cycling tests, it was found that the heating element was destructed before the structural failure, which indicated that the fatigue life of function was lower than that of the structure.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036831PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14071589DOI Listing

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