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Effect of filler on the creep characteristics of epoxy and epoxy-based CFRPs containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Tatiana Glaskova-kuzminaMauro ZarrelliAlfonso MartoneAndrey AniskevichMichele Giordanosubject
B. Mechanical propertiesMaterials scienceNanocompositeA. Polymer-matrix compositesA. Carbon fibresGeneral EngineeringA. Carbon nanotubeschemistry.chemical_elementCarbon nanotubeBendingEpoxyB. CreepViscoelasticitylaw.inventionchemistryCreepFlexural strengthlawvisual_artCeramics and Compositesvisual_art.visual_art_mediumComposite materialCarbondescription
The aim of this work was to determine the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the elastic and viscoelastic properties of an epoxy resin used in carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) in the matrix-dominated flexural testing mode. Neat and CNTs-containing (1. wt.%) epoxy resin and CFRP specimens were prepared and investigated. Three-point bending tests were carried out on nanocomposite (NC) and CFRP specimens at room temperature in quasi-static and cyclic creep regimes. The main effect of CNTs was observed in the reduction of creep compliance of epoxy (40%) and CFRP (30%), especially at higher stresses. The reduction of creep characteristics especially on viscoelastic and plastic strains both for epoxy and CFRP CNTs-containing specimens was attributed to the pulling out of CNTs from the agglomerates upon cyclic and gradually increasing stress in creep. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-01 |