Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Polyester Composite with Graphene and Graphite through Three-Point Bending Test

Abstract:

Graphenes have aroused great interest among the scientists lately, due to their special physical properties which are supposed to be transferred to composite materials [1,2,3,6]. Some polymers show low mechanical properties which can be improved by adding various types of materials [9,13]. Using nanoparticles, an enhancement of mechanical, thermal and electrical properties can be obtained, even for small contents of additives [10,11,12,14,15,16]. The evaluation of mechanical properties of polymer composites with graphene can be achieved relying on the three-point bending tests [4]. This work presents a few conclusions resulting from the three points bending tests of the polyester composites with graphene and graphite [7,8].

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 659)
• Pages: 22-27
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.659.22
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Marian Bastiurea*, Magdalena Silvia Rodeanu, Dumitru Dima, Monica Murarescu, Gabriel Andrei
• Keywords: Bending Test, Composite, Graphene, Graphite, Polyester

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