Rao, Subba P and Renji, K and Bhat, MR and Mahapatra, Roy D and Naik, Narayana G (2015) Mechanical properties of CNT-Bisphenol E cyanate ester-based CFRP nanocomposite developed through VARTM process. In: JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES, 34 (12). pp. 1000-1014.
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This paper reports on the effect of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) without and with chemical functionalization on the mechanical properties of Bisphenol E cyanate ester resin (BECy) based carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminated composites. BECy with its low viscosity, low moisture uptake and superior mechanical properties is selected for its application in CFRP laminates through the cost-effective Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding (VARTM) process. However, unlike CNT-epoxy-CFRP composites, processing and performance issues such as dispersion of CNTs, chemical bonding with resin, functionalization effects, effects on mechanical properties, etc. for BECy-CNT-CFRP composite system are not well reported. The objective of this study is to improve the mechanical properties of BECy resin with small additions of CNTs and functionalized CNTs in CFRP laminates. CNTs and fCNTs are infused into BECy using ultrasonication and standard mixing methods. Improvements in Young's modulus and strength in tension, compression, shear, flexure and interlaminar shear strength are analysed. It is observed that addition of 0.5wt% CNTs effected for maximum mechanical properties of the resin and 1wt% CNTs for the mechanical properties of CNT-CFRP nanocomposite. Further, improvements obtained with fCNTs are marginal. Dispersion behaviour and effect of CNTs/fCNTs in load transfer corroborated with SEM pictures are presented. The enhanced mechanical properties realized in VARTM processing of BECy-CFRP laminate indicate clear advantage of CNT based modification of the process.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES |
| Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND |
| Keywords: | Bisphenol E cyanate ester resin; CNT; nanocomposite; mechanical properties; CFRP; VARTM; SEM |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2015 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2015 09:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51820 |
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