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    Effect of MWCNTs on static, dynamic, and wear performance of Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion Molding (VARIM) processed glass fabric-epoxy polymer composites

    • Dikshant Malhotra
    • Mayank Agrawal
    • RT Durai Prabhakaran


    Abstract

    In the present work, MWCNTs were used in wt.% of 0.075, 0.15, and 0.3 in epoxy resin, and then glass fabric-epoxy polymer (GF-EP) composites were fabricated using VARIM setup. The mechanical and wear properties of GF-EP composites were compared with and without the addition of MWCNTs. Maximum improvement in tensile and flexural performance was seen in GF-EP composites at 0.15 weight percent MWCNT addition compared to a neat GF-EP one, based on static testing such as tensile and flexural tests. High-cycle fatigue test results show a relatively higher cycle count with 0.15 wt.% MWCNTs addition in the GF-EP composite compared to the GF-EP without the addition of MWCNTs. The wear performance also improved with a lower friction coefficient as well as a lower track depth and width for MWCNTs with added GF-EP than plain GF-EP composite. Therefore, in addition to decreasing surface softening and improving the wear performance of glass fabric epoxy composites, MWCNTs (0.15 weight percent) increased the interfacial adhesion at the fiber-matrix interface. This study establishes an optimum ratio of 0.15 wt.% of MWCNTs addition in glass fabric-epoxy polymer composites for enhancement in their mechanical and wear performance.

    Keywords: Glass fabric Epoxy Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) Tensile fatigue wear
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