Abstract
Low interfacial properties between fiber and matrix and possible interlaminar failures like delamination cracks have been considered as major problems of fiber-reinforced laminated composites. To promote low fracture toughness and interlaminar properties of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), we aim to investigate the influence of different approaches using both carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and their synergistic effect on the interlaminar properties of FRPs. In this study, unidirectional woven glass fiber/epoxy composites manufactured by vacuum infusion process (VIP) are toughened by grafting CNTs on fibers (fuzzy CNT) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and by dispersing CNT/CNC mixture in the polymer matrix. The samples investigated in this study include neat glass fiber epoxy composite (GFE), fuzzy glass fiber epoxy composite (FGFE), and neat glass fiber CNT/CNC reinforced epoxy composite (GFCCE) which are compared in terms of short beam shear strength.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Materials |
| Editors | Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos, Veronique Michaud |
| Publisher | Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Pages | 98-105 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9782970161400 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 30 Jun 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability |
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| Volume | 1 |
Conference
| Conference | 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Switzerland |
| City | Lausanne |
| Period | 26/06/22 → 30/06/22 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 Ertürk et al.
Keywords
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
- cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)
- chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
- fuzzy CNT
- polymer composites
- vacuum infusion process (VIP)