Evaluation on the thermal and mechanical properties of HNT-toughened epoxy/carbon fibre composites

Yueping Ye; Haibin Chen; Jingshen Wu; Chi Ming Chan

doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.05.010

Evaluation on the thermal and mechanical properties of HNT-toughened epoxy/carbon fibre composites

Yueping Ye
, Haibin Chen
, Jingshen Wu^*
, Chi Ming Chan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Halloysite nanotubes (HNT) were effectively incorporated into epoxy resin and used for infusion of carbon fibre textiles, resulting in epoxy/halloysite nanotube/carbon fibre (EP/HNT/CF) multi-scale composites. The distribution of nanotubes in the composites was examined by SEM. The thermomechanical properties of the composites were characterized by dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA). A 25% enhancement was recorded for the storage modulus of EP/HNT/CF composite in the glassy state. Moreover, the T_g of the laminates increased with the addition of HNT, and the values were even higher than the T_g of their matrix. Additionally, the Izod impact strength of the composites has been improved. These results indicate a synergistic effect between HNT and carbon fibres.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2145-2150
Number of pages	6
Journal	Composites Part B: Engineering
Volume	42
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.05.010
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

A. Carbon fibre
A. Theromosetting resin
B. Impact behaviour
B. Thermomechanical
Halloysite nanotube

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Evaluation on the thermal and mechanical properties of HNT-toughened epoxy/carbon fibre composites

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