Thermo-oxidation behaviour of organic matrix composite materials at high temperatures

Abstract

The present paper is a review of the main activities carried out within the context of the COMPTINN' program, a joint research project founded by a FUI program (Fonds <TEX>$Unifi{\acute{e}}s$</TEX> <TEX>$Interminist{\acute{e}}riels$</TEX>) in which four research teams focused on the thermo-oxidation behaviour of HTS-TACTIX carbon-epoxy composite at 'high' temperatures (<TEX>$120^{\circ}C-180^{\circ}C$</TEX>). The scientific aim of the COMPTINN' program was to better identify, with a multi-scale approach, the link between the physico-chemical mechanisms involved in thermo-oxidation phenomena, and to provide theoretical and numerical tools for predicting the mechanical behaviour of aged composite materials including damage onset and development.