Synthesis of polymer matrix nanocomposite with carbon fibers and analysis of its strength properties

Subject Areas : Analytical and Numerical Methods in Mechanical Design

Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Shafiei ^{1 *} , Hamed Raeisifard ² , Paniz Abdullahi Haghi ³ , Negin Banaeian Fard Ghohroodi ⁴

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-04-02 Accepted : 2023-03-11 Published : 2023-02-22

Keywords: Polymer matrix nanocomposites, Carbon-epoxy nanocomposite, Carbon elasticity, Carbon nanofibers, strengthening, mechanical properties, Young's modulus,

Abstract :

In polymer-based nanocomposites, carbon nanofibers have been used to improve mechanical properties in various applications. In this research, the tensile properties of carbon nanofibers have been used to create carbon-epoxy nanocomposite and improve the mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposite, and the effect of the weight percentage of carbon nanofibers on the mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposite has been investigated. Epoxy with weight percentages of 1.0, 5.0 and 1.5 carbon nanofibers were produced and their mechanical properties were investigated. The results showed that the use of even a small percentage of carbon nanofibers can lead to the improvement of mechanical properties.

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