Keywords
Carbon fiber
Pultrusion
Composites
Performance effects
Submitted : 2025-08-09
Accepted : 2025-08-24
Published : 2025-09-08
Abstract
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor is a core precursor for the preparation of high-performance carbon fibers. Its unique chemical structure and physical properties directly contributes to the microstructure and mechanical properties of carbon fibers, and therefore affect the overall performance of pultruded composites. This study systematically investigated the influence of PAN precursor properties on the degree of graphitization, surface morphology and mechanical properties of carbon fibers by regulating the molecular weight distribution, stretching ratio and impurity content of PAN precursor, and analyzed the mechanism of action of carbon fiber properties on the interfacial bonding strength and tensile/bending properties of composites in combination with the pultrusion process. The results showed that when the filament stretchability was increased to 4.5 times, the axial orientation of carbon fibers increased by 18% and the tensile strength reached 520 MPa; Filaments with impurity content below 0.3% increase carbon fiber yield by 5.2% and interlaminar shear strength of composites by 23%. This study provides a theoretical basis for raw material screening and process optimization of high-performance carbon fibers and their composites.
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