G. Watson
Tensile and flexural properties of hybrid graphene oxide/epoxy carbon fibre reinforced composites.
Watson, G.; Starost, K.; Bari, P.; Faisal, N.; Mishra, S.; Njuguna, J.
Authors
K. Starost
P. Bari
Professor Nadimul Faisal N.H.Faisal@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
S. Mishra
Professor James Njuguna j.njuguna@rgu.ac.uk
NSC Director of Research and Innovation
Abstract
In this study, nano-sized graphene oxide sheets were homogenously dispersed via sonication methods in epoxy followed by vacuum resin infusion for the fabrication of the epoxy, graphene oxide (GO) and micro-sized carbon fibre reinforced nanocomposites (EP/CF/GO). Graphene oxide concentrations ranging from 0.1 - 0.5 wt. % were studied to investigate the effect on tensile and flexural strength. It was observed that the tensile strength of the EP/CF decreased with the addition of GO but increased with GO weight concentration in the nanocomposites studied from 498MPa to 519 MPa for the inclusion of 0.1 to 0.5 wt.% GO respectively. The 0.5 wt. % EP/CF/GO recorded a 10% increase in Young's modulus compared to the classical epoxy / carbon fibre composites, and similar trend was observed for the flexural properties. However flexural strength of the GO samples did not surpass the control sample (epoxy /carbon fibre composites) with the 0.3 wt.% GO samples (EP/CF/GO) providing the greatest flexural strength of >580 MPa compared to the 0.1 wt.% and 0.5 wt.% GO samples.
Citation
WATSON, G., STAROST, K., BARI, P., FAISAL, N., MISHRA, S. and NJUGUNA, J. 2016. Tensile and flexural properties of hybrid graphene oxide/epoxy carbon fibre reinforced composites. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of the 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016), 12-16 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article number 012009. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012009
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2016) |
Start Date | Sep 12, 2016 |
End Date | Sep 16, 2016 |
Acceptance Date | Apr 27, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | May 11, 2017 |
Publication Date | May 11, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Oct 13, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 13, 2017 |
Journal | IOP conference series: materials science and engineering |
Print ISSN | 1757-8981 |
Electronic ISSN | 1757-899X |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 195 |
Article Number | 012009 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012009 |
Keywords | Graphene oxide; Tensile; Flexural strength; Epoxy/carbon fibre composites |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2551 |
Contract Date | Oct 13, 2017 |
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