scholarly journals Comparative Characterization of Multiscale Carbon Fiber Composite with Long and Short MWCNTs at Higher Weight Fractions

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zimmer ◽  
Qunfeng Cheng ◽  
Shu Li ◽  
James Brooks ◽  
Richard Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes

There are documented advantages to using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in composites for various property enhancements. However, to date, only limited studies have been conducted on using of longer CNTs over 1 mm in length. This study used long multiwalled carbon nanotubes (LMWCNTs) and their longer extended networks to test multiple properties in thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and modulus and then compared these properties to those of shorter multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SMWCNTs). For carbon fiber-reinforced composites, the longer graphite paths from LMWCNTs in the matrix were expected to improve all properties. The longer networks were expected to allow for more undisturbed phonon transportation to improve thermal conductivity. This in turn relates to improved electrical conductivity and better mechanical properties. However, results have shown that the LMWCNTs do not improve or decrease thermal conductivity, whereas the shorter MWCNTs provide mixed results. LMWCNTs did show improvements in electrical, mechanical, and physical properties, but compared to shorter MWCNTs, the results in other certain properties varied. This perplexing outcome resides in the functioning of the networks made by both the LMWCNTs and shorter MWCNTs.

Experimental Investigation of the Machinability of Polycarbonate Reinforced With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Samuel ◽  
R. E. DeVor ◽  
S. G. Kapoor ◽  
K. J. Hsia
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Cutting Forces ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Chip Morphology ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon ◽  
Machined Surface

The machinability of a polycarbonate nanocomposite containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes is investigated and contrasted with its base polymer and with a conventional carbon fiber composite. The material microstructures are characterized using transmission electron and scanning electron microscopy methods. Micro-endmilling experiments are conducted on the three materials. Chip morphology, machined surface characteristics, and the nature of the cutting forces are employed as machinability measures for comparative purposes. Polycarbonate chips are seen to transition from being discontinuous to continuous as the feed-per-tooth (FPT) increases, while, at all FPT values the nanocomposite is seen to form comparatively thicker continuous chips. The nanocomposite and the carbon fiber composite are seen to have the lowest and the highest magnitudes, respectively, for both the surface roughness and cutting forces. Shearing along the nanotube-polymer interface and better thermal conductivity are speculated to be the mechanisms responsible for the observations seen in the nanocomposite.

scholarly journals Synergetic Effects of Mechanical Properties on Graphene Nanoplatelet and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Hybrids Reinforced Epoxy/Carbon Fiber Composites

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pin-Ning Wang ◽  
Tsung-Han Hsieh ◽  
Chin-Lung Chiang ◽  
Ming-Yuan Shen
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Epoxy Composite ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Synergetic Effect ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composites ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon

Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are novel nanofillers possessing attractive characteristics, including robust compatibility with most polymers, high absolute strength, and cost effectiveness. In this study, an outstanding synergetic effect on the grapheme nanoplatelets (GNPs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hybrids were used to reinforce epoxy composite and epoxy/carbon fiber composite laminates to enhance their mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of CNTs/GNPs hybrids on a fixed weight fraction (1 wt%) with mixing different ratio reinforced epoxy nanocomposite, such as ultimate tensile strength and flexure properties, were investigated. The mechanical properties of epoxy/carbon fiber composite laminates containing different proportions of CNTs/GNPs hybrids (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 wt%) were increased over that of neat laminates. Consequently, significant improvement in the mechanical properties was attained for these epoxy resin composites and carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composite laminates.

Improved fracture toughness of carbon fiber composite functionalized with multi walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (15) ◽  
pp. 2026-2033 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.L. Kepple ◽  
G.P. Sanborn ◽  
P.A. Lacasse ◽  
K.M. Gruenberg ◽  
W.J. Ready
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Experimental Investigation of the Machinabilty of Polycarbonate Reinforced With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnson Samuel ◽  
Richard E. DeVor ◽  
Shiv G. Kapoor ◽  
K. Jimmy Hsia
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Cutting Forces ◽  
End Milling ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Chip Morphology ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon ◽  
Machined Surface

The machinability of a polycarbonate nanocomposite containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes is investigated and contrasted with its base polymer and with a conventional carbon fiber composite. The material microstructures are characterized using transmission electron and scanning electron microscopy methods. Micro end milling experiments are conducted on the three materials. Chip morphology, machined surface characteristics and the nature of the cutting forces are employed as machinability measures for comparative purposes. Polycarbonate chips are seen to transition from being discontinuous to continuous as the feed-per-tooth (FPT) increases, while, at all FPT values the nanocomposite is seen to form comparatively thicker continuous chips. The nanocomposite and the carbon fiber composite are seen to have the lowest and the highest magnitudes, respectively, for both the surface roughness and cutting forces. Shearing along the nanotube-polymer interface and better thermal conductivity are speculated to be the mechanisms responsible for the observations seen in the nanocomposite.

Electrical conductivity identification of a carbon fiber composite material plate using a rotating magnetic field and multi-coil eddy current sensor

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 20901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Chaouki Lahrech ◽  
Bachir Abdelhadi ◽  
Mouloud Feliachi ◽  
Abdelhalim Zaoui ◽  
Mohammed Naїdjate
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Rotating Magnetic Field ◽  
Current Sensor ◽  
Carbon Fiber Composite ◽  
Fiber Composite Material

This paper proposes a contactless method for the identification of the electrical conductivity tensor of a carbon fiber composite materials plate using a rotating magnetic field and multi-coil eddy current sensor. This sensor consists of identical rectangular multi-coil, excited by two-phase sinusoidal current source in order to generate a rotating magnetic field and to avoid the mechanical rotation of the sensor. The fibers orientations, the longitudinal and transverse conductivities in each ply of carbon fiber composite material plate were directly determined with analysis of the impedance variation of each coil as function of its angular position. The inversion process is based on the use of artificial neural networks. The direct calculation associated with artificial neural networks makes use of 3D time-harmonic finite element method based on the A, V–A formulation.

scholarly journals Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanoreinforced Epoxy Composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kostagiannakopoulou ◽  
E. Fiamegkou ◽  
G. Sotiriadis ◽  
V. Kostopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Epoxy Matrix ◽  
Epoxy Composites ◽  
Graphite Nanoplatelets ◽  
Multiwalled Carbon ◽  
Micromechanical Models ◽  
Carbon Fiber Epoxy

The present study attempts to investigate the influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) on thermal conductivity (TC) of nanoreinforced polymers and nanomodified carbon fiber epoxy composites (CFRPs). Loading levels from 1 to 3% wt. of MWCNTs and from 1 to 15% wt. of GNPs were used. The results indicate that TC of nanofilled epoxy composites increased with the increase of GNP content. Quantitatively, 176% and 48% increase of TC were achieved in nanoreinforced polymers and nanomodified CFRPs, respectively, with the addition of 15% wt. GNPs into the epoxy matrix. Finally, micromechanical models were applied in order to predict analytically the TC of polymers and CFRPs. Lewis-Nielsen model with optimized parameters provides results very close to the experimental ones in the case of polymers. As far as the composites are concerned, the Hashin and Clayton models proved to be sufficiently accurate for the prediction at lower filler contents.

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