Mixed Mode Interlaminar Fracture of Carbon Nanotubes Enhanced Epoxy/Glass Fiber Composites

Henrique Silva; José A. Martins Ferreira; José Domingos M. Costa; Carlos Capela

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.592-593.283

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Mixed Mode Interlaminar Fracture of Carbon Nanotubes Enhanced Epoxy/Glass Fiber Composites

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Present paper studied the improvement of the fracture toughness under mixed mode loading obtained by using carbon nanotubes reinforcement in fiber glass mats/ epoxy laminates. Mixed-mode bending tests were performed considering different loading ratios G_II/G_I. Laminates were manufactured using the epoxy resin Biresin® CR120 reinforced with fiber glass triaxial mats ETXT 450 and multiwalled carbon nanotubes with 98% of carbon. It was observed that the total fracture toughness increases linearly with the mode II loading component and that linear mixed-mode fracture criteria reproduces the GI versus GII relationship. The incorporation of small quantity, up to 0.5%, of carbon nanotubes into matrix improves significantly mixed-mode fracture toughness.

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Henrique Silva, José A. Martins Ferreira, José Domingos M. Costa, Carlos Capela

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Carbon Nanotube (CN), Composite Laminate, Mixed Mode Fracture Toughness

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