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NanoMat 2018
Nano Research & Applications
ISSN: 2471-9838
Page 79
April 26-27, 2018
Rome, Italy
17
th
Edition of International Conference on
Emerging Trends in
Materials Science and
Nanotechnology
T
his investigation has done to calculate the mechanical
properties of epoxy resin reinforced with different weight
fractions (0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, and 0.5%) of multiwall carbon
nanotubes and two type of functionalization (MWCNTs and
COOH-MWCNTs). In this work, the ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic
bath were used to prepare the nanocomposites. The ANSYS
workbench program version (16.2) and mathematical approach
have employed to predict the nanocomposites mechanical
properties. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has used
to show surface morphology of the tested nanocomposites. The
results obtained using simulation approach and after compared
with experimental results show that increases in MWCNTs
content lead to enhance the mechanical properties of the pure
epoxy resin.
mohammed.naeem@plymouth.ac.ukPredicting the mechanical behavior of epoxy resin based
carbon nanotubes
Mohammed Al-Bahrani
and
Alistair Cree
Plymouth University, UK
Nano Res Appl, Volume:4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-009