The mechanical behaviour of 3D carbon/carbon composites under biaxial tensile-compressive loading

Kunjie Wang, Chenghai Xu, Bo Gao, Wei Zhao, Xinxing Han, National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China, Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Institute, PR China, Hypervelocity Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, PR China, National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Physics in Fluids, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, PR China

Journal of Composite Materials

Published online on September 29, 2025

Abstract

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This study investigates the mechanical behaviour and damage evolution of three-dimensional (3D) carbon/carbon (C/C) composites under biaxial tension–compression loading. Initially, uniaxial tensile and compressive tests were conducted to establish the ...