Glass-fibre-reinforced composites with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties – Benefits and limitations of a nanoparticle modified matrix

Wichmann, Malte H.G.; Sumfleth, Jan; Gojny, Florian H.; Quaresimin, Marino; Fiedler, Bodo; Schulte, Karl

doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.05.015

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“…On the other hand, incorporating CNT into the sizing of conventional fiber reinforcements has the potential to improve fiber/matrix adhesion, mainly via a large increase in the effective surface area of the fiber. Whether they are integrated into the fiber or the matrix resin, CNT-modified composite laminates have usually been fabricated using liquid molding methods such as vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, or VARTM [1,4,5]. However, a key challenge with using this method is the very large increase in resin viscosity that accompanies CNT introduction.…”

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Enhancement of mechanical performance of epoxy/carbon fiber laminate composites using single-walled carbon nanotubes

Ashrafi

Guan

Mirjalili

et al. 2011

Composites Science and Technology

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Carbon nanotubes (CNT) in their various forms have great potential for use in the development of multifunctional multiscale laminated composites due to their unique geometry and properties. Recent advancements in the development of CNT hierarchical composites have mostly focused on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). In this work, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were used to develop nano-modified carbon fiber/epoxy laminates. A functionalization technique based on reduced SWCNT was employed to improve dispersion and epoxy resin-nanotube interaction. A commercial prepregging unit was then used to impregnate unidirectional carbon fiber tape with a modified epoxy system containing 0.1 wt% functionalized SWCNT. Impact and compression-after-impact (CAI) tests, Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness and Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness tests were performed on laminates with and without SWCNT. It was found that incorporation of 0.1 wt% of SWCNT resulted in a 5% reduction of the area of impact damage, a 3.5% increase in CAI strength, a 13% increase in Mode I fracture toughness, and 28% increase in Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness. A comparison between the results of this work and literature results on MWCNT-modified laminated composites suggests that SWCNT, at similar loadings, are more effective in enhancing the mechanical performance of traditional laminated composites.Crown

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Enhancement of mechanical performance of epoxy/carbon fiber laminate composites using single-walled carbon nanotubes

Ashrafi

Guan

Mirjalili

et al. 2011

Composites Science and Technology

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“…The aforementioned techniques to develop ''multiscale'' materials have been explored primarily for carbon fiber-reinforced composites, and only a few studies have been reported on the effect of adding CNTs to glass fiber-reinforced composites [8,[12][13][14][15][16]. It should also be noted that, to date, most of the literature related to these composites refers to thermoset matrices, which are usually prepared by direct infusion of the CNT/polymer resin into the glass fabric through vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) [17] method.…”

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Influence of carbon nanotubes on the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of poly(ether ether ketone)/glass fiber laminates

Díez‐Pascual

Ashrafi²,

Naffakh

et al. 2011

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“…The interlaminar shear strengths of the nanoparticlemodified composites were significantly improved (16%) by adding only 0.3 wt. % of carbon nanotubes [10]. The nanomodified composite possessed a higher stiffness and strainto-failure.…”

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Development Of Multistitched Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanocomposite And Evaluation Of Its Mechanical And Impact Properties

Bilişik

Özdemir

Kaya

2017

Autex Research Journal

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Multistitched three-dimensional (3D) woven E-glass/polyester/nanosilica composite (MNS) was developed. Its mechanical and impact performances were characterized for particular end-use applications. It was found that the warp-weft directional tensile strength and modulus of MNS structure were higher than those of the off-axis directions. In addition, there was not a big difference between warp and weft directional bending and short beam strengths of MNS structure. The MNS structure had a small damaged area under low velocity impact load. The failure was confined at a narrow area because of multistitching and nanomaterial and resulted in the catastrophic fiber breakages in the normal direction of the applied load of the structure. The results from the study indicated that the multistitching and the addition of nanosilica in the composite structure improved its damage tolerance.

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Glass-fibre-reinforced composites with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties – Benefits and limitations of a nanoparticle modified matrix

Cited by 341 publications

References 32 publications

Enhancement of mechanical performance of epoxy/carbon fiber laminate composites using single-walled carbon nanotubes

Enhancement of mechanical performance of epoxy/carbon fiber laminate composites using single-walled carbon nanotubes

Influence of carbon nanotubes on the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of poly(ether ether ketone)/glass fiber laminates

Development Of Multistitched Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanocomposite And Evaluation Of Its Mechanical And Impact Properties

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