FATIGUE OF A NANOCOMPOSITE LAMINATE Conference Paper

abstract

• A multi-scale carbon fiber reinforced polymer nanocomposite laminate, with strategically incorporated fluorine functionalized carbon nanotubes at 0.2 weight percent, is studied for improvements in strength, stiffness and fatigue life under both tension-tension fatigue (R = +0.1) and tension-compression fatigue (R = 0.1) loading. The nanotubes were incorporated into the carbon fabric, and laminates were fabricated using a high temperature vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process. The influence of the fluorinated functionalized carbon nanotubes on the evolution of damage and the resistance to catastrophic failure is credited for these mechanical property improvements.

name of conference

• Volume 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids

authors

• Wilkerson, Justin

published proceedings

• IMECE 2008: MECHANICS OF SOLIDS, STRUCTURES AND FLUIDS, VOL 12

author list (cited authors)

• Wilkerson, J. W., Zhu, J., & Davis, D. C.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Wilkerson, Justin W||Zhu, Jiang||Davis, Daniel C

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• ASME International  Publisher

keywords

• Bioengineering
• Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1115/imece2008-66209

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-0-7918-4873-9

start page

• 251

end page

• 258

volume

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2008-66209