On the asymmetric thermal stability of FGM annular plates reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets

Author(s):  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Chunwei Zhang ◽  
Afrasyab Khan ◽  
Tamer A. Sebaey ◽  
Naeim Farouk
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Dai ◽  
Chao Peng ◽  
Fuzhong Wang ◽  
Guangwu Zhang ◽  
Zhixiong Huang

Graphene nanoplatelets (Gnps) were covalently functionalized by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH550) and noncovalently functionalized by Triton X-100, respectively. The morphology and structure of KH550 modified graphene (K-Gnp) and Triton X-100 modified graphene (T-Gnp) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron micrograph, and Raman spectrometer. The influences of K-Gnp and T-Gnp on thermal conductivity, fracture toughness, and thermal stability of the boron phenolic resin (BPR) were investigated. Both covalently functionalized K-Gnp and noncovalently functionalized T-Gnp not only improve the dispersion of Gnp in the polymer matrix but also increase interfacial bonding strength between the BPR matrix and Gnp, thus leading to the enhanced mechanical property and thermal stability of nanocomposites. Besides this, mechanical property and thermal stability of the BPR containing K-Gnp are superior to those of BPR containing T-Gnp.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Luen Phua ◽  
Pei-Leng Teh ◽  
Supri Abdul Ghani ◽  
Cheow-Keat Yeoh

Graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) filled epoxy composites ranged from 0.2 to 5 vol.% were prepared in this study using simple heat assisted bath sonication for better GNP dispersion and exfoliation. The effects of GNP filler loading via heat assisted bath sonication on the mechanical properties and thermal deformation behaviour were investigated. Improvements on flexural strength and fracture toughness up to 0.4 vol.% filler loading were recorded. Further addition of GNP filler loading shows a deteriorating behaviour on the mechanical properties on the composites. The bulk electrical conductivity of the epoxy composites is greatly improved with the addition of GNP filler loading up to 1 vol.%. The thermal expansion of epoxy composites is reduced with the addition of GNP; however poor thermal stability of the composites is observed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
JZ Liang ◽  
JZ Wang ◽  
Gary CP Tsui ◽  
CY Tang

The thermal properties and thermal stability of polypropylene (PP) composites separately filled with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) with three different sizes were measured using a differential scanning calorimetry and a thermal gravimetric analyser. The results showed that the values of the melting temperature of the composites were higher than that of the unfilled PP; the thermal stability increased with increasing the weight fraction and lateral dimension of GNPs in the case of low filler concentration, while the effect of the GNPs thickness on the thermal stability was insignificant; the onset decomposition temperature increased with increasing the GNPs lateral dimension, while the maximum thermal decomposition rate increased first and then decreased with increasing the GNPs weight fraction. The thermal stability improvement should be attributed to the sheet barrier function of the GNPs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1010 ◽  
pp. 124-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haziq Amri Mohd ◽  
Mohamad Bashree Abu Bakar ◽  
Mohamad Najmi Masri ◽  
Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman ◽  
Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini ◽  
...  

In this study, kenaf fibre mat (NWKFM)-graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites were fabricated by using compression moulding. The hybridization was done to enhance the mechanical and thermal properties by adding different amount of graphene nanoplatelets as filler in the biocomposite samples. Pure PP and nanocomposite samples of PP+GNP were also fabricated. Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) was used as a coupling agent to increase the interfacial adhesion of matrix and reinforcement of the biocomposites and hybrid composites samples. The chemical composition and constituent changes were studied by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. The mechanical properties in term of flexural and tensile were tested using a universal testing machine (UTM). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was carried out to determine the thermal stability of the composite’s samples. Overall, the results show that the stiffness properties (young’s and tensile modulus) of pure PP and biocomposites enhanced with addition of GNP. The flexural strength also shows promising result with the inclusion of GNP. However, the tensile strength shows a reduction with the addition of GNP. The TGA results reveal that the addition of GNP increases the thermal stability of pure PP and the biocomposites based on the comparison of Tonset values.


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