2021-04-05
Development of carbon fiber composites for automobile
Car lightweight is the core skill and important development direction of the car industry, which has become the development strategy of the national manufacturing industry. In "made in China 2025", car lightweight is mentioned many times, involving many aspects, such as lightweight information, optimization planning, vehicle lightweight skills and so on. In "energy saving and new energy car lightweight skills roadmap", car lightweight is also the strategic focus one of. Many ministries and commissions have also issued a number of skills standards, laws and regulations and R & D projects benefiting the car lightweight industry. The government's support provides opportunities for the development of car lightweight industry, which is conducive to the improvement of the core competitiveness of China's car lightweight industry.
Car carbon fiber reinforced resin matrix composites (CFRP) has a series of advantages such as light weight, high strength, high fracture toughness, corrosion resistance, strong planning ability, easy forming, good damping function and so on. It can not only meet the planning requirements of component stiffness, strength and lightweight, but also has obvious advantages in vehicle safety. Now, CFRP has become the most popular and potential lightweight material in car industry after high strength steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, engineering plastics and glass fiber composite material (GFRP).
The tensile strength and tensile modulus of CFRP are affected by many factors, such as fiber type, dosage, morphology, lamination method and resin. The functional comparison between carbon fiber and other lightweight materials is shown in Table 1. Generally speaking, the tensile strength a