Effects of carbon nanotubes on mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced composite under static loading

Cihan Kaboglu; Erdem Ferik

doi:10.1515/mt-2021-2024

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Effects of carbon nanotubes on mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced composite under static loading

Cihan Kaboglu
Dr. Cihan Kaboglu completed his PhD degree at Mechanical Engineering Department of Imperial College London in 2017. He is an assistant professor in Bursa Technical University, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and academic visitor in Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department. His main research interests are mechanics of material and composite structures.
and Erdem Ferik
Erdem Ferik graduated from the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department of Karabuk University in 2017. He received his MSc degree at Materials Science and Engineering from the Bursa Technical University in 2021 and started his PhD in the same year. His main research interests are composite materials.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research article is to show the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) addition on fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites produced by the vacuum infusion method on tensile performance. In this study, glass, carbon, and fiber fabric reinforced polymer matrix composite plates were produced using glass, carbon and aramid fiber fabrics with the same weave type and similar areal density. Using the same production parameters, the composite plates reinforced with different fiber types were produced with CNTs addition by 0.5 wt% of total composite. Additionally, since it is thought that the effect of CNTs on performance in different fiber types may be different, hybrid fiber fabric reinforced composite plate material containing a composition of glass, carbon and fiber fabrics was produced and this material was produced with CNTs additive using the same production parameters as in previous fiber reinforced composite plate productions. In the study, composite plates with and without CNTs were produced in various compositions including glass, carbon, aramid, and hybrid fiber fabrics. As a result, CNTs reinforcement has increased the mechanical performance under tensile stress in glass, carbon, and hybrid reinforced fabric composite structures, but on aramid fiber, CNTs has decreased the performance.

Keywords: carbon nanotubes; composite; mechanical behavior; mechanics of materials; tensile strength

Corresponding author: Cihan Kaboglu, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey, E-mail: cihan.kaboglu@btu.edu.tr

About the authors

Cihan Kaboglu

Dr. Cihan Kaboglu completed his PhD degree at Mechanical Engineering Department of Imperial College London in 2017. He is an assistant professor in Bursa Technical University, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and academic visitor in Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department. His main research interests are mechanics of material and composite structures.

Erdem Ferik

Erdem Ferik graduated from the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department of Karabuk University in 2017. He received his MSc degree at Materials Science and Engineering from the Bursa Technical University in 2021 and started his PhD in the same year. His main research interests are composite materials.

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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