Effect of Carbon Nanotube on Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Nano Composites at Different Weight Percentages

The necessity of efficient use of Materials is being observed strongly because of diminishing resources in the present times. The recent theoretical and experimental investigations indicate that Composite material has properties suitable for applications in many fields. Due to high specific strength and specific stiffness, fiber-reinforced composites have become attractive structural materials for majority of engineering applications, which demands materials with high strength to weight ratio for the best results. The mechanical behaviours were investigated experimentally for two systems of glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites with carbon Nanotube (CNTs) and without CNTs. An experimental campaign which involves 2 layers laminates were conducted in this study. A manufacturing process using hand lay-up method assisted by ultrasonic vibration was used to produce glass fiber-reinforced laminates with the epoxy matrix and with the CNT based epoxy matrix. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.