• Title of article

    Mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy/clay nanocomposites

  • Author/Authors

    Yuan Xu، نويسنده , , Suong Van Hoa، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    854
  • To page
    861
  • Abstract
    Epoxy/clay nanocomposites (ENCs) were fabricated from TGDDM epoxy and montmorillonite nanoclay. Carbon fiber reinforced epoxy/clay nanocomposites (CFRENCs) were manufactured through hot melt lay-up plus autoclave process. The CFRENCs have uniform fiber volume fraction, very few dry spots, and very few resin rich areas. The interlaminar fracture toughness of CFRENCs was increased by 85% with the introduction of 4 phr nanoclay in epoxy. Small amount of nanoclay (2 phr) added into the epoxy of carbon/epoxy composites can enhance the flexural strength by 38%.
  • Keywords
    Nanoclay , Epoxy/clay nanocomposites , Flexural strength , Interlaminar fracture toughness , A. Carbon fibers
  • Journal title
    COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Record number

    1040724