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DOIONLINE NO - IJMPE-IRAJ-DOIONLNE-3465

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International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE)-IJMPE
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Issue
Volume-3,Issue-12  ( Dec, 2015 )
Paper Title
Investigation Of The Mechanical Properties Of The Glass/Epoxy Composites Reinforced With Nanoclay Particles
Author Name
Seyed Abdolvahab Hoseini, Mohammad Hossein Pol
Affilition
Mechanical Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar Branch, Shoushtar, IRAN Mechanical Engineering Department, Tafresh University, Tafresh, IRAN
Pages
41-45
Abstract
In this paper, the influence of nanoclayClosite 30B on the mechanical properties: Tensile strength, Tensile modulus, Fracture strain, flexural strength, flexural modulus and mod and Toughness of 2D woven Glass/Epoxy laminated composite is investigated experimentally. The glass/epoxy/nanoclay laminate has 12 layers and 60% fiber volume fraction is made by VRTM method. Fibers have a plain-weave configuration with density of 200gr/m2, while the nano-epoxy resin system is made of diglycidyl ether of bisphenolA (epon 828) resin with jeffamine D400 as the curing agent and an organically modified MMT nanoclayin a platelet form, namely Closite 30B. The nanoclay is dispersed within epoxy with 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 5% and 7% ratio in weight with respect to the nano-matrix. The 3% and 7% nanoclay content have shown the most increase in the tensile properties. For 7% nanoclay content, the tensile strength is increased by 13%, failure strain higher by 7% and toughness by 27% while the 3% nonoclay has 9% higher. Keywords - Polymer-matrix, nano composites, Tensile properties, Bending Properties, Mechanical properties, Nanoclay, Glass fiber.
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