A comparative experimental study on damping properties of epoxy nanocomposite beams reinforced with carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets
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Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) are extremely ideal nanofillers for applications in damping polymer. This work explores the damping behavior of polymer nanocomposite beams made of epoxy resin reinforced with CNTs and GNPs experimentally. Beam specimens for the vibration tests together with dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) are fabricated with different weight ratios of CNTs and GNPs, upon which DMA and free vibration tests are conducted. Scanning electron microscope images are also obtained to check the dispersion of nanofillers in microscale. It is found that the first-order loss factor of composite beam specimens shows a rise of 41.1% at 0.4 wt% CNT content compared with that of pure epoxy, while the first-order loss factor of composite beam specimens with 0.025 wt% GNP content increases up by 128.9%. The maximum value of the first-order loss factor of nanocomposite beams with GNP reinforcement is 62.2% higher than that with CNTs.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Tribology and Wear Analysis · Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University , Beijing , China
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta , North Cyprus via Mersin 10 , Mersin , Turkey
Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg , Gauteng 2006 , South Africa
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans , New Orleans , LA , United States of America
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