Hybrid Woven Glass Fibre Fabric-Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Composites Under Low Rate Impact
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Optimisation of the MWNT-Epoxy Electrospinning Process
3.2. Composite Laminates for Impact Testing
3.3. Impact Testing Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Number of Trial | Material composition (mL) | Flow rate (mL/hr) | Duration (min) | Microstructure description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MWNT solution | Araldite | Hardener | ||||
1 | 10 | 1.695 | 0.805 | 27 | 10 | Spray only |
2 | 10 | 10 | 3.5 | 27 | 15 | Big droplets and few nanofibres |
3 | 10 | 30 Epoxy 300 | 18.38 g MNA & 1.2 g K61 | 4 | 30 | Mostly fine spray and some big drops |
4 | 10 | 20 | - | 4 | 10 | Thick microfibres, small spray and big droplets |
5 | 10 | 10 | - | 4 | 10 | Fine spray, high concentration of nanofibres and some droplets |
6 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 15 | Spray and big islands. No nanofibres |
7 | 5 | 6 | - | 4 | 15 | Spray and small concentration of nanofibres |
8 | 5 | 2.5 | - | 4 | 15 | Some drops and small concentration of nanofibres |
9 | 10 | 10 | - | 4 | 10 | Some islands and high concentration of nanofibres |
10 | 5 | 5 | 1.5 | 4 | 5 | Big drops, some spray and low concentration of nanofibres |
11 | 5 | 8 | 2.8 | 4 | 5 | Fine spray and no nanofibres |
12 | 5 | 5.5 | 1.925 | 4 | 5 | Mostly fine spray and medium concentration of nanofibres |
Laminates | Peak Load (kN) | Total Penetration Energy (J) | Real Damage Area (mm2) |
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Fabric-Epoxy | 6.6 ± 0.1 | 62.6 ± 2.4 | 1722 |
Fabric-MWNT/Araldite/Hardener-Epoxy | 6.2 ± 0.2 | 65.8 ± 3.0 | 3215 |
Fabric-MWNT/Araldite-Epoxy | 6.9 ± 0.1 | 76.6 ± 2.5 | 4225 |
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Sadykov, D.; Nouicer, L.; Lekakou, C. Hybrid Woven Glass Fibre Fabric-Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Composites Under Low Rate Impact. J. Compos. Sci. 2017, 1, 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs1010010
Sadykov D, Nouicer L, Lekakou C. Hybrid Woven Glass Fibre Fabric-Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Composites Under Low Rate Impact. Journal of Composites Science. 2017; 1(1):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs1010010
Chicago/Turabian StyleSadykov, Daniyar, Lhadi Nouicer, and Constantina Lekakou. 2017. "Hybrid Woven Glass Fibre Fabric-Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Composites Under Low Rate Impact" Journal of Composites Science 1, no. 1: 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs1010010