Influence of Low Carbon Nanotubes on Mechanical Properties of Araldite LY1564 SP | ||
| Engineering Research Journal (Shoubra) | ||
| Volume 40, Issue 1, April 2019, Pages 57-63 PDF (1.15 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjsh.2019.406880 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. H. Khallaf* 1; O. M. Dawood2; E. Y. Akl3 | ||
| 1Mechanical Eng. Dept., Egyptian Academy for Engineering & Advanced Technology (EAE&AT) Affiliated to Ministry of Military Production. | ||
| 2Mechanical Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Helwan, Helwan, Cairo, 11792. | ||
| 3Mechanical Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper aims to investigate experimentally the behavior of polymer matrix (Araldite LY 1564 SP) to impact loads through modifying their mechanical properties by incorporating with a low range of Carbon Nanotubes content less than 1%. The tensile and impact tests were applied on the pure epoxy, as well as on carbon nanotubes epoxy composite with various carbon nanotubes ratios. The main results indicated that there is a significant effect of the carbon nanotubes on the polymer matrix composite. Tensile strength has been decreased with respect to the pure epoxy, and on the other hand, the impact resistance and the percentage elongation have been increased for all the percentages of the carbon nanotubes CNT. In addition, it is found that the highest impact resistance and elongation percentage was found at 0.2 wt. % CNT. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Carbon Nanotubes; Impact Resistance; Epoxy Matrix Nanotechnology; Araldite LY 1564 SP | ||
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