Investigating the mechanical properties of single walled carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy composite through finite element modelling

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2015-03-15

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Zuberi, Muhammad Jibran Shahzad
Esat, Volkan

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Varying experimental results on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites (CNTRPs) have been reported due to the complexities associated with the characterization of material properties in nano-scale. Insight into the issues associated with CNTRPs may be brought through computational techniques time- and cost-effectively. In this study, finite element models are generated in which single walled carbon nanotube models are embedded into the epoxy resin. For modelling interface regions, two approaches named as non-bonded interactions and perfect bonding model are utilized and compared against each other. Representative volume finite element (RVE) models are built for a range of CNTRPs and employed for the evaluation of effects of diameter and chirality on the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of CNTRPs, for which there is a paucity in the literature. The outcomes of this study are in good agreement with those reported available in the literature earlier. The proposed modelling approach presents a valuable tool for determining other material properties of CNTRPs.

Subject Keywords

Nano-structures, Carbon fibre, Mechanical properties, Finite element analysis (FEA)

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66001

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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.11.020

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Article

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M. J. S. Zuberi and V. Esat, “Investigating the mechanical properties of single walled carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy composite through finite element modelling,” COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING, pp. 1–9, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66001.