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Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Graphene Oxide-Incorporated Woven Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite

  • Nitai Chandra Adak
  • , Suman Chhetri
  • , Nam Hoon Kim
  • , Naresh Chandra Murmu
  • , Pranab Samanta*
  • , Tapas Kuila
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study investigates the synergistic effects of graphene oxide (GO) on the woven carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced epoxy composites. The GO nanofiller was incorporated into the epoxy resin with variations in the content, and the CF/epoxy composites were manufactured using a vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding process and then cured at 70 and 120 °C. An analysis of the mechanical properties of the GO (0.2 wt.%)/CF/epoxy composites showed an improvement in the tensile strength, Young’s modulus, toughness, flexural strength and flexural modulus by ~ 34, 20, 83, 55 and 31%, respectively, when compared to the CF/epoxy composite. The dynamic mechanical analysis of the composites exhibited an enhancement of ~ 56, 114 and 22% in the storage modulus, loss modulus and damping capacity (tanδ), respectively, at its glass transition temperature. The fiber–matrix interaction was studied using a Cole–Cole plot analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1138-1147
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018.03.1

Keywords

  • dynamic mechanical
  • organic matrix composites
  • static mechanical

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Mechanical

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